Tomasz Lis AUD (born March 6, 1966, Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

) is one of the most popular Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 journalists

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

, former TV anchor of “TVN

TVN (Poland)

TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...

 Fakty” ("TVN Facts") and “Wydarzenia” ("Events").

Tomasz Lis began his career in TVP

Telewizja Polska

Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...

 (Polish Public Television) in 1990 after winning an open competition for the post of a newsreader.

Since 1994, till 1997 correspondent in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 for TVP.

From 1997 to 2004 co-author of “TVN Fakty” on Polish television station TVN.

From 2006 to 2007 chief editor of "Wydarzenia" Polsat

Polsat

Polsat is Poland's second biggest television channel, founded on December 5, 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak.Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group , which also owns other channels:*Polsat HD*Polsat 2 International*Polsat News*TV Biznes...

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In 2003 published his book, Co z tą Polską? (What's with Poland?) which has become a bestseller in Poland (selling over 100,000 copies).

As at end 2010 Editor-in-Chief of the current affairs weekly "Wprost

Wprost

Wprost is a weekly newsmagazine in Poland. It was founded on December 5, 1982 as a regional magazine in Greater Poland, but since 1989 it has been distributed nationwide. The editorial office is currently located in Warsaw. Wprost is an opinion weekly focused on politics and society. Marek Król is...

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Family

He married Kinga Rusin

Kinga Rusin

Kinga Rusin is a popular Polish TV journalist, producer and author of film documents and reports.She was born in Warsaw and graduated from Warsaw University, having matriculated in journalism and Italian studies. She began her career working for TVP , where, among other duties, she was a presenter...

 in June 1994, divorced on June 27, 2006 They have two daughters: Pola and Iga. In 2007 married a Polish journalist Hanna Smoktunowicz

Hanna Smoktunowicz

Hanna Lis, born Kedaj is a Polish TV journalist. She started her career working for Polish National Television , but in 2002 transferred to the commercial station TV4 , where she ran another informational programme "Dziennik"...

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