Research of Poland-based Media Fellows

This year, our office in Warsaw, Poland launched its Transatlantic Media Fellowship program. Similar to our long-running program, a number of Poland-based journalists were selected to conduct for an independent, five-day, transatlantic trip to research stories in the United States on topics relevant our work on climate and energy policy and foreign and security policy. 

Below are the Poland-based fellows based out of our Warsaw office that are reporting on the US this summer.

Foreign & Security Policy Fellows

Adam Traczyk

Adam Traczyk is a foreign policy expert focusing primarily on Polish foreign policy and Polish-German relations. He is the chairman and co-founder of Global.Lab, a Polish think-tank working on international affairs and progressive foreign policy. He has published in numerous Polish and international media outlets, such as Krytyka Polityczna, Politico Europe or Die Welt. Currently he is a PhD candidate at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany.

Adam will travel to New York and Washington to examine the US foreign policy and its impact on Poland and its security. He will also analyze the need within the progressive circles to create a developed and pertinent foreign policy, both in the US and in Poland.

Climate & Energy Fellows

Dominika Wantuch

Dominika Wantuch is a Polish journalist based in Kraków. She writes for a major Polish journal Gazeta Wyborcza, where she focuses on ecology, climate policy and energy transformation. She has been highly involved in a nationwide social campaign "Breathing Humanly" that has focused on smog; according to WHO, 33 out of 50 European cities most affected by this problem are based in Poland.

During the fellowship, Dominika will examine the issue of the US energy and environmental policy after the country’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and in the context of the climate summit COP24 that will take place in the Polish city of Katowice in December 2018.

Wojciech Jakóbik 

Wojciech Jakóbik is the editor-in-chief of biznesalert.pl, a Polish web portal focusing on energy and climate, as well as of its English version biznesalert.com. He has extensive experience in the field of the energy sector and transformation; his articles have been published in numerous Polish and international media outlets, such as EURACTIV and New Eastern Europe. He is also the editorial secretary of Sprawy Międzynarodowe (International Affairs), a scientific quarterly published by the Polish Academy of Science.

Wojciech will use this fellowship to focus on energy transition and the development of greener policies in the US. He will write about two American success stories: New York City and its transformation from a polluted city into a greener and healthier place, as well as California and its innovative energy and climate policies.

For information on our office's Transatlantic Media Fellowship, please click here.