Marcin Firlej Explained

Marcin Firlej
Birth Date:4 May 1975
Birth Place:Rejowiec Fabryczny, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Years Active:2001-present

Marcin Firlej (born May 4, 1975, in Rejowiec Fabryczny) is a Polish journalist, writer and war correspondent.[1]

Career

As of April 2009, he is a permanent correspondent of the public Polish Television (TVP) in Washington, DC.[2] He previously worked as a war correspondent for TVN24 (2001–2008) and investigative reporter for RMF FM radio (2005–2008). He covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza Strip.

April 8, 2003 Marcin Firlej with Jacek Kaczmarek (Polskie Radio – public Polish Radio) were captured by Republican Guard gunmen near Al-Hillah in Central Iraq.[3] During imprisonment, the two journalists were taken to a school where they were interrogated and accused of spying. They escaped the next day during the American attack on the city.[4]

Works

He is the co-author of a book about the war in Iraq "Szum skrzydel Azraela" ("The Rustle of The Azrael Wings")[5] [6] and the director and scriptwriter of two documentary films about Afghanistan (shown in Discovery Historia, 2008).[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marcin Firlej - Telewizja Polska SA . 2010-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113200601/http://www.tvp.pl/gwiazdy/marcin-firlej . 2010-01-13 .
  2. Web site: Polish Correspondents . 2010-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100626092351/http://www.washington.polemb.net/index.php?document=23 . 2010-06-26 .
  3. News: Iraq latest: At-a-glance. 7 April 2003.
  4. Web site: Iraq - Annual report 2004 - Reporters Without Borders. en.rsf.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319004355/http://en.rsf.org/iraq-iraq-annual-report-2004-03-05-2004%2C09945 . 2012-03-19.
  5. Book: 837298543X. Szum skrzydeł Azraela. Firlej. Marcin. 2003. Wydawn. Zysk i S-ka .
  6. Web site: Kultura - informacje i wydarzenia kulturalne. czytelnia.onet.pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724203951/http://czytelnia.onet.pl/0%2C4513%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2Cszum_skrzydel_azraela%2Cnowosci.html . 2011-07-24.
  7. Web site: Naukowy.pl - Polski Serwis Naukowy 1999-2022 .