Jagoda Grondecka

Jagoda Grondecka
Born	(1993-05-28) 28 May 1993 (age 31)
Citizenship	Poland
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Occupation(s)	journalist, iranologist

Jagoda Grondecka (born 28 May 1993) is a Polish iranologist and journalist specialized in Middle Eastern affairs.

Life

Jagoda Grondecka comes from Głuszyca in Dolny Śląsk.[1][2] She attended high school in the city of Wałbrzych[3] and during this time, she became a finalist of a Polish Language Contest three times. Grondecka graduated in 2016 from University of Warsaw with a Bachelors degree in Iranian studies and later finished her MA degree at the faculty of Foreign Affairs. Grondecka did internships in Polish embassies in Tehran and Islamabad.[4]

She has been working for Polish newspapers such as Krytyka Polityczna, Kultura Liberalna, Gazeta Wyborcza and Polityka[5] as well as international media like The New Arab.[6] Grondecka was the only Polish journalist reporting live from Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive.[7][8] In her reports from Afghanistan she focused mainly on the daily life and the situation of women.[9] Grondecka supported the evacuation of ten Afghans to Poland in August 2021.[10]

Awards

• 2021 – The Feather of Hope, Amnesty International Poland[11]
• 2021 – "Journalist Citizen 2021", Polish Journalists Association[11]
• 2021 – nominated for award by Janina Paradowska and Jerzy Zimowski Foundation
• 2021 – Beata Pawlak Award by Stefan Batory Foundation[11]
• 2021 – 2nd place in Grand Press Contest "Journalist of the Year 2021"[12]
• 2022 – Readers Award of "Wysokie Obcasy"[13]

References  

1. "Prominent expert on Iran will be our guest at the AFA".
2. "Wybitna iranistka gościnią ASP". newsroom.polandrockfestival.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
3. ""Zamieszkałam w kraju, gdzie od 40 lat trwa wojna". Jagoda Grondecka o życiu w Afganistanie". Noizz (in Polish). 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
4. "Jagoda Grondecka". oko.press (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
5. "Wybitna iranistka gościnią ASP". newsroom.polandrockfestival.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
6. "Jagoda Grondecka".
7. "Wybitna iranistka gościnią ASP". newsroom.polandrockfestival.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
8. "Wyborcza.pl". www.wysokieobcasy.pl. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
9. "Polska dziennikarka Jagoda Grondecka nadal przebywa w Afganistanie. Czy grozi jej niebezpieczeństwo?". dziendobry.tvn.pl (in Polish). 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
10. Sepioło, Konrad Szczygieł, Mariusz (2023-07-27). "Podcast FRONTSTORY.PL, odc. 23: Polka i Talibowie. Reporterka Jagoda Grondecka". FRONTSTORY.PL (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
11. "Jagoda Grondecka laureatką Pióra Nadziei 2020!". Amnesty International - Bronimy praw człowieka (in Polish). 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
12. "Papierosy, kawa, ja. Wywiad z Jagodą Grondecką, zdobywczynią 2. miejsca w konkursie Dziennikarz Roku 2021". Press.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-12.
13. "Wyborcza.pl". www.wysokieobcasy.pl. Retrieved 2024-11-12.