| Kamil Durczok | |
| Birthname: | Kamil Sebastian Durczok |
| Birth Date: | August 3, 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Katowice, Poland |
| Death Place: | Katowice, Poland |
| Education: | University of Silesia |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Resting Place: | Cemetery at the parish of the Holy Trinity, Katowice |
| Credits: | Fakty TVN Fakty po Faktach |
Kamil Sebastian Durczok (6 March 1968 – 16 November 2021) was a Polish journalist, Editor-in-Chief, and presenter of TVN newscast Fakty TVN.
In 1991, Durczok started working in Radio Katowice. Earlier, he had co-created Student's Radio EGIDA at University of Silesia in Katowice for a few years. As a 24-year-old, he became director and editor-in-chief of Katowice radio TOP FM owned by Solidarity.[1]
In 1994, he started cooperation with Telewizja Katowice, where he interviewed politicians in a program called Obserwatorium. In the program Studio Parlamentarne, he debuted in nationwide television. Then, he was the presenter of TVP3 Katowice newscast - Aktualności until 2002.
Between 15 March 2001 and 7 February 2006, he was the presenter of the main edition of Wiadomości - public television's newscast. He also presented election nights on TVP1 for many years.
Between 29 July 2003 and 2 September 2005, he presented Salon polityczny Trójki alternately with Jolanta Pieńkowska on Polish Radio Channel 3.
Between 5 September 2005 and 15 June 2007, he presented Kontrwywiad RMF FM alternately with Konrad Piasecki on radio RMF FM.
From 1 May 2006, he was Editor-in-Chief of TVN newscast Fakty TVN. He also presented Fakty po Faktach on TVN24 from 5 May 2008.
At the beginning of April 2016, he registered the Coal Minders company, which in August of the same year began looking for journalists.[2] On 3 October 2016, the company launched the Upper Silesian information portal Silesion.pl.[3] The website disappeared from the network at the end of April 2019 after information about problems with settling liabilities.[4] After the website was closed, he was involved in conducting trainings in the field of actions in the event of an image crisis.[5]
On 20 October 2016, he started cooperation with Polsat News, where he ran the program Brutalna prawda, Durczok ujawnia,[6] which in the fall of 2017 changed its name to Durczokracja.[7] The last program was broadcast on 14 December 2017, and it did not return to air in spring 2018.[8]
In the following years, Kamil Durczok was active in social media, commenting on political life in Poland on an ongoing basis, and was involved in social activities.[9] He was, inter alia, a volunteer of the "Wolne Miejsce" foundation, helping every year in the organization of Christmas Eve for those in need.[10] In 2020, he participated in protests against the tightening of abortion laws.[11]
In 2021, he launched the Durczokracja mobile application, in which he published his content.[12]
He died on 16 November 2021, at the age of 53, the cause of death was exacerbation of a chronic disease.[13] The funeral ceremony of Kamil Durczok took place at the cemetery at the parish of the Holy Trinity in Katowice-Kostuchna on 19 November 2021.[14]