Ivo Widlak

Who is Ivo Widlak?

Ivo Widlak, born July 5, 1978 in Knurów, Poland - international press, radio and tv journalist. He started as a very young reporter at weekly newspaper “Przeglad Lokalny”. Then he started hosting TV show for children and teenagers called “Kleks” on TVP Katowice. The same year, in 1995, wrote scripts and hosted “5-10-15”, another show for children and teenagers on TVP1 on Telewizja Polska. Later he co-developed and co-hosted “Twoj Problem Nasza Głowa” on Telewizja Wisła later TVN. In 1998 he moved to Warsaw to co-host “Rower Błażeja” on TVP1 on Telewizja Polska. During his career he worked for Radio Puls in Gliwice and Radio ZET in Warsaw. In 2001 he moved permanently to Chicago, and in 2004 he created and hosted own talk show titled “Ivo na zywo” and produced and hosted daily news program on TVPChicago broadcast on Channel 34 WJYS. He also has been an editor-in-chief of a couple of popular internet news websites in Polish language. He raised to fame within the Polish-American community as an investigative journalist in the United States, for uncovering corruption and irregularities that took place with the renovation of the building of the Polish Consulate General, Chicago titled "Consulgate". President of the Polish Cultural Institute in Chicago.