Akos Gurzo
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| Born | November 14, 1982 Gyula, Hungary |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | www.gurzoakos.hu |
- The native form of this personal name is Gurzó Ákos. This article uses the Western name order.
Akos Gurzo is an award-winning journalist and the diplomatic correspondent of the Hungarian National News Agency (MTI). For the last ten years the 26-year-old Hungarian has worked for regional radio and television as well as for the BBC World Service Hungarian Section. He has also sampled the Hungarian public television sector, a nationwide news portal and the first 24/7 news radio of Hungary. In 2006 he became a correspondent of the Hungarian National News Agency.
In the last five years Akos Gurzo reported numerous stories from countries of the Central European region such as Slovakia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as from the centre of the European Union, Brussels. In 2007 on top of his diplomatic correspondent’s duties, the journalist willing took on a “war assignment” to report from Afghanistan.
As a correspondent of the MTI he wrote more than 1200 articles in the last year, quoted by not only Hungarian, but international newswires.
In 2005 Akos Gurzo won the famous Hungarian Kazinczy-prize for public speaking and debate. In 2007, he was awarded “Most Talented Young Journalist of the Year Award” by the Hungarian National News Agency.
The journalist travels a lot inside and outside of Hungary. In the last year, he visited several European capitals like London, Prague, Warsaw, Istanbul and discovered Thailand and Cambodia. While traveling, he usually writes travelogues on his website his and on community sites to bring his experiences to life.
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[edit] Education
- Bachelor of Arts – English – Kodolanyi Janos Collage, Szekesfehervar, Hungary – 2006
- Bachelor of Arts – Communication – Kodolanyi Janos Collage, Szekesfeherver, Hungary – 2005
- BBC Broadcasting Journalism (BJ1) Course – BBC, London, United Kingdom – 2005
[edit] Work
- Diplomatic Correspondent – MTI – Hungarian News Agency – Budapest, Hungary
February 2006 – Present
- Correspondent – BBC World Service Hungarian Section – Budapest, Hungary & London, United Kingdom
March 2004 – December 2005
- Editor - Reporter – FTV – Szekesfehervar, Hungary
October 2001 – March 2004
- Editor - DJ – Start Radio – Bekescsaba, Hungary
January 1999 – December 2000
