Karol Szyndzielorz, NF ’78, a leading print and broadcast journalist in Poland, dies at 89

Karol Szyndzielorz, a Polish journalist and 1978 Nieman Fellow who worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, broadcaster, and newsroom leader, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in the Silesian town of Koźle, now a part of Poland, in 1936, Szyndzielorz earned his high school diploma in 1953 and went on to study journalism and political science at the University of Warsaw, specializing…