Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy

Director
Belsat TV
Poland

Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy is a Polish journalist who reported for both printed and television media. She conceived the idea of establishing Belsat TV – the first and, so far, the only independent television station in Belarus – and has been running the station as its director since 2007.

During the initial years of the Solidarity movement (1980-1981) she served as a spokesperson for the national founding committee of the Independent Student Association (NZS) and later became a member of the association’s National Audit Committee. When martial law was imposed, she was held at an internment camp. After her release, she continued to work with various opposition groups, including the Freedom and Peace Movement (WiP), until 1989.

In 1987 she graduated from the University of Warsaw with a master’s degree in history. During her doctoral studies in the United States, she worked as an intern at The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and a weekly The New Republic.

In 1992, she started her career at the Polish Television. Over the years, her positions at Polish Television have included the head of the reporters’ team, a deputy head of the Wiadomości TVP prime time news program, a national news reporter, an editor at Wiadomości TVP, a correspondent and an international reporter. She also served as the director of the channel TVP Polonia (addressed to Polish expatriates) and the director of the Polish Television’s regional studio in Białystok.