Polish academic and media professionals receive awards

Academic and journalistic achievements have been recognized through several Polish awards. The 12th edition of the Medi@stery competition, which honors the best master's theses in media studies, announced its laureates. Winners include Szymon Gonet for his work on machine learning in music recommendation systems, Elena Nikitina for her research on Russian propaganda on the Polish-Ukrainian border, and Krystsina Avramenka for her comparative study of television series on TVP and TVN.

Additionally, at the 17th Seweryn Pieniężny Journalism Competition gala, members of the University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) received honors. Professors Jarosław Rubacha and Marek Sokołowski were awarded the ‘Gloria Artis’ medals for their service to culture. The journalism competition itself saw Aleksandra Tchórzewska and Artur Kalicki share the main prizes for their respective reporting and social sensitivity in their work.