About Us
International Journalism Team | Middle East & Africa, Germany & EU, Poland & USA, China & Pacific
An independent journalism platform led by Aleksandra Fedorska, Miłosz Lodowski, and Arkadiusz Szyszka (Szyszek), covering the world's most consequential geopolitical stories through Radio Debata and Chłodnym Okiem.
Aleksandra Fedorska
JournalistAleksandra Fedorska is a bilingual Polish-German journalist, political scientist, and Editor of szyszek.com. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Radio Debata, an independent press agency registered in Poznan, specializing in Germany, energy policy, and economics.
She studied political science at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Germany. Her bylines appear in major German outlets including Handelsblatt, WirtschaftsWoche, and The Pioneer, as well as Polish publications like BiznesAlert, Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Prawna, and Tygodnik Solidarność. She is a regular correspondent on Radio WNET and a voting member of the n-ost pan-European journalism network.
Fedorska is one of Poland's most prominent correspondents covering Germany. She gained particular recognition for revealing that Germany expelled over 14,000 migrants to Poland in 2024 in transfers that bypassed EU asylum procedures, and for obtaining confirmation from the German government's press office that a widely-publicized Scholz-Tusk phone call about migration had never taken place.
Today, Fedorska serves as Editor on szyszek.com and co-hosts geopolitical livestreams on Radio Debata. She produces daily translations of the German Tagesschau newscast for Polish audiences and is also an elected councillor in Poznan's Old Town district. Follow her on X/Twitter (@a_fedorska). For media inquiries, visit the Contact page.
Credentials
Education
Political Science, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Institut für Sozialwissenschaften).
Publications
Bylines in Handelsblatt, WirtschaftsWoche, The Pioneer (Germany); BiznesAlert, Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Prawna, Tygodnik Solidarność, Niezależna, Nowy Ład (Poland).
Languages
Polish (native), German (fluent)
Miłosz Lodowski
JournalistMiłosz Lodowski is a Polish journalist, publicist, political commentator, and award-winning creative director with over 25 years of experience across media, design, and public communications. He is the creator and host of "Lodowski: Chłodnym Okiem" (With a Cool Eye), a YouTube channel delivering sharp political and geopolitical commentary on Poland, the United States, and world affairs.
Before journalism, Lodowski built a distinguished career in the creative industry. As co-founder and Creative Director of MxM Production House, he worked with clients including the National Bank of Poland, IBM, Sony, Marriott, and Unilever. He served as external art director on the team that created the Warsaw Uprising Museum and had his works displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. His screenwriting credits include "Rotmistrz Pilecki" (2022), which won first place at the IPN's International Film Festival on Totalitarianisms, and "Niepospolita" (2019).
Lodowski is a regular commentator on Radio WNET, Polskie Radio 24, and TV Republika, where he provides analysis on Polish politics, economic policy, and transatlantic affairs. He also hosts the podcast "Nierówno Pod Powałą" on Spotify. In 2023, he received the Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the Digital Culture category. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he co-founded VentilAid.org, an open-source 3D-printable ventilator project.
Today, Lodowski covers Polish domestic politics, US policy, and international affairs through his YouTube channel Lodowski: Chłodnym Okiem. Follow him on X/Twitter (@miloszlodowski). For media inquiries, visit the Contact page.
Education
Architecture, likely Cracow University of Technology. Scholarship recipient and permanent expert advisor to Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Publications & Media
Rzeczpospolita (Plus Minus), Do Rzeczy, wSieci, Magazyn Kontra. Regular on Radio WNET, Polskie Radio 24, TV Republika. Screenwriter: "Rotmistrz Pilecki" (2022), "Niepospolita" (2019).
Languages
Polish (native), English (professional)
Arkadiusz Szyszka (Szyszek)
JournalistArkadiusz Szyszka, known as Szyszek, is a Polish journalist, analyst, and former energy sector executive. Before he ever picked up a microphone, he spent decades in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East building companies, negotiating with governments, and running operations in places most journalists only read about.
His professional career spans senior leadership roles across Poland's energy and financial sectors, including positions at PKN ORLEN, the Port of Gdynia Authority, and Baltic Bulk Terminal, where he structured Poland's first-ever project finance transaction. As President of Apex Energy, he led oil and gas exploration concessions in Sudan, building the company from the ground up and operating at the highest levels of government. Through his consultancy ARAD, he has continued advising on energy and infrastructure projects while managing a wind farm in central Poland.
Those years in Africa, particularly Mali and Northern Sudan, shaped everything about how he reports. He knows African business culture, governance, and resource economies from the inside, not from briefing papers. The contacts he built across the continent, from ministers to miners, still inform his reporting today.
Today, Szyszek covers the geopolitics of Africa's resource economies, European political shifts, Middle Eastern conflicts, and the forces connecting them. He co-hosts livestreams on European geopolitics via Radio Debata alongside Editor Aleksandra Fedorska, and comments on breaking events via X/Twitter (@szysz4szyszek). He holds an MBA in Business Economics from the University of Gdańsk and is fluent in Polish, English, and Russian. For media inquiries or collaborations, visit the Contact page.
Education
MBA in Business Economics, University of Gdańsk. Postgraduate specializations in banking, financial controlling, and credit analysis.
Publications
Co-author, "Bankowe Sejfy Zamknięte" (Nowa Europa). Co-author, "Udrażnianie kanałów kredytowych dla małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw" (Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics).
Languages
Polish (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent)
In the Field
Coverage Areas
Middle East & Africa
From mining sites in Guinea to the deserts of Sudan — years of on-the-ground reporting. Resource economies, governance, conflict, and the people caught in the middle.
Germany & EU
German politics, EU policy, energy transitions, Bundestag proceedings, and German-Polish relations. Deep expertise from a correspondent embedded in German media.
Poland & USA
Polish politics, US policy, transatlantic relations, entrepreneurship, and the cultural and economic forces connecting Central Europe with America.
China & Pacific
The rising Pacific — trade routes, technological competition, and the power shifts redrawing the global map.