Name: Karolina Kiripolska
Preferred name: Karolina (If you want to pronounce it right, add a Russian accent to your English :D). You can also call me Carol, Carolina, Lina
Age: 23 years young
Origin country: Slovakia (born and raised in a city named Banovce nad Bebravou with a population of 18.000)
Other places where I have lived: I did my 3-years-long bachelor’s program in the Czech Republic (Brno). During these studies I spent one semester in Norway (Lillehammer).
Where I’m living now: Goteborg
Languages: Slovak, Czech, English (can talk with Polish people, studied Russian during primary school so I’m able to read Azbuka, self-studying Norwegian for half a year)
Academic background: Bachelor’s double degree in International Relations & Media studies and Journalism at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
- My bachelor’s thesis was a deep journalistic analysis written in a series of long forms about the brain drain in Slovakia – spent more than half a year investigating the problem of fleeing highly educated people from Slovakia with an impact on the everyday life of the Slovak population.
Work background:
- Fact checker for TikTok, Lead Stories, Slovakia & Czech Republic
May 2023 – currently
- Web Editor, Denník N, Bratislava, Slovakia
January 2023 – August 2023
- Journalist, Denník N, Bratislava, Slovakia
December 2021 – January 2023
Focus on business, green topic, young people.
- Project Manager of Working Groups, GROWNi NGO, Bratislava, Slovakia
October 2021 – January 2023
Building working groups for people from companies, NGOs and government for knowledge sharing and networking. I managed to connect more than 200 proffesionals.
- Few more jobs in NGOs focused on education as project coordinator or in communications
Journalistic experience: Mentioned above
Writing skills: Still need a help with it
Excel: I can do the basics, not able to programming in it
Python: Untouched
Programming languages: No real experience
WordPress: Yes, we’re old friends
Illustrations, photography, filming: Not my thing
Editing skills: I edited just stories in Slovak language
Knowledge of the European Parliament: I mean I know the basics
Special interests/knowledge relevant to research/investigative journalism:
- As a fact checker, I’m quite good at recognizing misinformation, conspiracy theories, or fake videos/photos.
- Love planning, organizing, and working with numbers.
- Know how to work with Slovak government databases.
- Passioned about browsing maps.
Other hobbies:
Master in sarcastic jokes. Interested in writing, reading, sports (especially horse riding), art, hanging out with friends, board games, …
I think I will be able to support my fellow students with:
- Thinking in a journalistic way,
- Organizing, planning,
- Searching in online documents,
- Factchecking,
- Making everyone feel warm.
If you want to share a website or other personal links (Linkedin for example), please write the url:s here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karol%C3%ADna-kiripolská-464028190/
Contact details:
- Facebook profile: Karolina Kiripolska
- Instagram profile: @karolina.kiripolska
- Phone number: +421909139072