Gyula Csák Email & Phone Number

Prague, Czechia

Prague, Czechia

• Edited investigative reporting stories for BIRN and Balkan Insight
• Mentored journalists at BIRN’s Summer School and in different regional programmes
• Co-hosted TWiCE, Reporting Democracy's weekly podcast
• Jury member, Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence Program
• Member of the team which launched European Focus, a pan-European newsletter

Creation and expansion of the CORRECTIV.Europe network- Communicating in the network with local journalists, bloggers, and experts- Coordination of CORRECTIV.Europe investigations within the network- Identifying local communities that could be of interest to CORRECTIV.Europe

Prague, Czechia

- Leading capacity-building efforts that support local independent media in Hungary in producing relevant and engaging content and increasing their audience reach. - Co-designing and coordinating milestone-based media development plans- Working with a diverse team of local and international consultants, mentors, and experts to support core media partners’.

Successfully created an extensive database on digital native independent media in Hungary by doing in-depth interviews with media leaders in the country.

Prague, Czechia

• Relaunched and managed Szabad Európa, RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service.
• Szabad Európa’s journalists won several professional awards in the first year after the relaunch
• Social media success – Szabad Európa’s Facebook profile reached 95,000+ followers in 12 months
• Responsible for strategic planning and image creation, representing the company in Hungary and abroad
• Ensuring that the Service’s mission is clearly and consistently communicated to all communities
• Creating a wildly successful newsletter (3 perc) with an opening rate well above the industry average

Budapest

• Responsible for the daily output at Euronews Hungary. Managing journalists, covering news stories daily and communicating with a team of multinational editors at Lyon HQ.
• Responsible for content creation and production (TV, online)
• Initiating, recording, editing, and publishing podcasts for Euronews Hungary
• Participating in daily editorial and weekly look-ahead meetings, strategic planning

Budapest, Hungary

• Establishing and running several blogs on one of Hungary’s most-read sites, index.hu (blog.hu).
• Winning Hungary’s most prestigious blog award, Goldenblog
• Reaching 50+ million page views by targeting and committing audience with Határátkelő (a blog on migration)
• Building a community of more than 57.000 followers on Facebook

• Working in different capacities (correspondent, producer, presenter) for BBC World Service Hungarian Section.
• Producing, presenting programs (UK)
• Covering news events in Hungary and the region (Hungary)
• Multicultural environment
• Knowing and following BBC Producer’s Guidelines

Communication And Media Studies

Integrating Radio and Online Newsrooms

Broadcast Journalism

Ma, Hungarian Language And Literature

Workforce Development And Training

BBC World Service Training the Trainers for Journalists in Hungary