Kinga Rajzak

Brief vacation and family times at my fav hideaway 🐙#balaton

NYC still life: Bin, Dow Jones x Marketwatch et moi Some personal news: Two months ago I started a full-time job as a video journalist covering business news and markets at one of the most prestigious financial publications. Being happy is an understatement. I may have been an average student in math, but over the past decade have become an ardent market gyration observer and consumer of economic news. Don’t forget, money is never just money. It is both an abstract commodity and a definite object that has a projected value and a complex ‘life’, power and bond with society. I am very grateful and truly can’t wait to see what’s next.

Read my long investigation on Hungarian media,migration and the authorities' creation of the "Muslim bogeyman" for @aljazeeraenglish

In 2022, educators in Hungary have protested en masse a plethora of grievances including low wages, ideologically laden and outdated curriculum, grueling working hours and most importantly the government's decision to rescind their right to protest/ go on strike. According to a court ruling teachers can still strike, however need to show up at work and hold classes that de facto defies the real point of protesting.(Basically Orban and co says a "decaf" strike is okay, since it is not a real strike.) As for their low pay, Hungarian teachers are expected to make ends meet on about 500-580 € a month -- a measly sum that remains unchanged for the first ten years of their professional careers. (Median rents in Budapest are btw 400-600€/month; inflation is one of the worst in Europe; some teachers are left with 98€ to live on after paying bills and rent.) Discontent reached a tipping point earlier this year triggering a wave of civil disobedience (doing real strike not the decaf version,hah!) first among Budapest teachers who walked out and abandoned their 'duties', thereby unleashing nationwide protests demanding change. In this short doc I interviewed and spent a morning with one of the most prominent figures of the teachers' movement, Katalin Törley who was fired for her actions. She explains how the movement has grown from being a fringe elite faction to a nationwide constellation of people and ideas, what the fundamental problems are in the nation's education system to what's next.

PRADA, Milan, Sept 2022 35mm 📸 by fellow fashion grandma @s_blomqvist 😛

Earlier this week I was invited to speak at my alma mater @columbiajournalism about life post graduation and freelancing do's and dont's. Thank you @saraganim for inviting me that was fun 🤩

Oxymoron; Paris, 2015 ~~~ Thanks iCloud for reminding me of this splendid jacket that I cannot wear anymore as a professional journalist 😅

Zoom teaching journalism hacks to Rockville High School students in Maryland! Thank you for inviting me @pulitzercenter 😃always eager to do some animated blabbering about field work and production and remind everyone of the sacred scripture of journalism ethics:)

Read my long investigative article about domestic violence and the law or the lack thereof in Hungary. This was a crazy investigation, took months to complete.I talked to victims, legal experts and attorneys in order to understand how Hungary's legal system punishes abuse or rather ignores it. Thank you to the victims and their trust and Enko Pap, NANE's superstar legal expert for helping me navigate through hundreds of pages of obscure legal documents:) Link in bio via linktree (Snaps from text are randomly following one another)

Read my long profile/interview with the humble @balazsbercsenyi the #goat tattoo artist for @roadster.hu 's latest issue! BB details his idyllic childhood cut short by a family tragedy, his subsequent road to success through art and spiritual self evolution. (BB went from washing dishes at a Hilton hotel in London to waiting tables at a steak house --where he had to memorize every inch of a cow's anatomy -- to one of the most sought after tattoo artists in the world. While we had our conversation at his home, even Lewis Hamilton, the formula one legend -- whom he had previously tattooed --checked in.) #roadstermagazin Photo by @zoltantombor

Happy to announce that my @pulitzercenter project was picked up by the @guardian .Extremely grateful!Thanks a lot to superstar exec producer @katyaochagavia for helping to bring this important story to life!Thank you to everyone who have helped to make this vid possible ❤️ Check link in bio

Last chance to get your paws on @roadster.hu 's summer issue featuring my long conversation with @vanessaaxente about her life and latest,exciting business venture!