Beata Biel is an award-winning Polish journalist, editor, and media manager with more than two decades of experience in TV documentary reporting and newsroom leadership. Over the course of her career, she has mainly worked for TVN/TVN24, contributing in-depth stories focused on crime, disinformation, and the intersection of technology and society. At TVN24 she also led and co-develop Konkret24, a fact-checking project. In 2020, she assumed the role of Director of News Development and Premium Digital News at WBD TVN.
In addition to her editorial and production work, Beata has been active in media training and education. She collaborated with the Google News Lab on digital skills development, taught journalism at institutions including SWPS University, and contributed to media capacity building in Central and Eastern Europe. She also serves in advisory roles with nonprofit journalism initiatives such as Fundacja Reporterów (Reporters Foundation).
She was also selected as a Transatlantic Media Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and named among the most influential women in Poland.
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