Wojciech Cejrowski
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Wojciech Cejrowski | |
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Portrait of Cejrowski, 2020 | |
| Born | 27 June 1964 |
| Education | Catholic University of Lublin |
| Occupations | Travel writer, journalist |
| Known for | Travel TV show |
| Parent(s) | Stanisław Cejrowski, Katarzyna Cejrowska |
| Website | cejrowski |
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Wojciech Daniel Cejrowski (born 27 June 1964 in Elbląg) is a Polish radio journalist, satirist, photographer, travel writer, artistic director of the Discover World library, and a member of The Explorers Club.
Cejrowski graduated from the XVII High School by the name of Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski in Warsaw. In 2010 he received a BA in sociology from the Catholic University of Lublin. Cejrowski also studied without graduating at Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy; University of Warsaw, Santa Clara University.[citation needed]
Career
Radio
Cejrowski started his radio career in 1991 – along with Korneliusz Pacuda he conducted the program Czy jest miejsce na country w Polsce? (transl. Is There a Place for country music in Poland?). One of its results was a contract with the American Broadcasting Company – from 1992 all Polish local broadcasting stations had started to broadcast Polish versions of American Country Countdown. Wojciech Cejrowski (initially alongside Pacuda) hosted this broadcast for eleven years. The very last one (№ 519) was broadcast in January 2003. In 1993 Cejrowski was offered a job by Wojciech Mann and Krzysztof Materna, owners of the private radio station Radio Kolor (transl. Radio Color). First he hosted his own music programme then also Aeroplan (transl. Airplane) together with Beata Pawlikowska and then his morning programme (every Saturday from 6 to 10 am – which later gave the beginning to WC Kwadrans). His cooperation with Radio Kolor ended in 1997 (soon after Mann and Materna left the radio station). He worked for Radio WAW-a for the next 3 years (1997–1999).[citation needed]
Cejrowski's radio broadcasts can currently be found in various broadcasting stations in Poland. The best known[according to whom?] is his travel cycle Po drugiej stronie globusa (transl. On the Other Side of the Globe) – more than 300 episodes were broadcast by Radio Station 1, Radio dla Ciebie, Radio Koszalin, Radio Merkury, Radio PiK and Radio Network PLUS. He also works for Polskie Radio Program I. He sends his correspondences from foreign countries for Z pierwszej ręki (transl. First Hand) and Radio Kierowców (transl. The Driver's Radio) and his traveler's stories for Lato z Radiem (transl. Summer with Radio). During the 2005 winter season Cejrowski hosted the Zima z radiową Jedynką (transl. Winter with Radio Station One). In the meantime, since 2003 he has been creating music broadcasts on the demand of the Music Editorial Office – Muzyka na Molo (transl. Music on the Pier) and Audycja podzwrotnikowa (transl. Subtropical Broadcast).[citation needed]
Television
WC Kwadrans (transl. WC Fifteen Minutes) broadcast by the public Polish TV (TVP) (1994–1996) is his most widely known TV programme. The show was watched by three million viewers.[1]
Cejrowski started his TV career by cooperating with Wojciech Mann in his Non Stop Kolor show (transl. Non-stop Color) broadcast on TVP (1992–1994). He was also the host of the Stajnia show (transl. The Stable) broadcast by the TVP and some local TV stations. Between 1996 and 1997 Cejrowski recorded a series of 30 episodes reporting on his journey to South America for TV Niepokalanów.[citation needed]
From 1997, Cejrowski, along with Jan Pietrzak, Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski, Krzysztof Daukszewicz and others, participated in a satirical talk show broadcast on RTL 7 focused on various aspects of daily life in Poland. Between 1999 and 2000 Cejrowski co-hosted, alongside Alicja Resich-Modlińska, the talk show Piękny i Bestia (transl. Beauty and the Beast).[citation needed]
While at Polsat (2003–4) Cejrowski hosted his own show Z kamerą wśród ludzi (With Camera Amongst the People) also broadcast by TV 4 and Polsat 2.[citation needed]
In 2007 Cejrowski started his popular Barefoot Around the World travel show (Boso przez świat).[citation needed]
Writing
Cejrowski writes and publishes quite a lot on social and political situations, including columns in Gazeta Polska, Tygodnik AWS, and Ilustrowany Kurier Polski, and on travel, including humorous reports in Newsweek, Rzeczpospolita, Poznaj Świat and others.[citation needed]
Political humor
- Kołtun się jeży (Mophead Stands on End)
- Młot na lewicę (The Hammer for the Left)
- Sól do oka (Salt into an Eye)
Travel writing
- Podróżnik WC (Traveler WC)
- Na końcu Orinoko (At the Orinoco's End)
- Gringo wśród dzikich plemion (Gringo Among the Wild Tribes)
- Rio Anaconda
- Wyspa na prerii (Island in the Prairie)