What this is about

I reviewed over 4,000 journalism brand campaigns from INMA’s archives. The pattern was everywhere: the same language, the same claims, the same visual grammar. Trust. Independence. Quality. Words that once meant something - reduced to wallpaper. This newsletter is where I think through what went wrong and what comes next.

Who I am

I am a journalist, artist, and media innovator based in Warsaw, Poland. Co-founder of Outriders. Creator of Reakcja - journalism on stage. I pioneer Artistic Journalism: transforming rigorous reportage into live, spatial, immersive experiences. The screen delivers information. The room transforms people.

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Essays on media branding, editorial identity, and artistic journalism - published twice a month. Case studies from 130 years of press history. Arguments about why journalism needs art more than it needs another subscription paywall redesign. Every issue goes straight to your inbox.

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