{"id":11536,"date":"2026-01-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/?post_type=program&#038;p=11536"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:50:16","slug":"jakub-szanto","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/jakub-szanto\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakub Sz\u00e1nt\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the heart of events, he tells stories that do not fit into simple headlines. He goes beyond a summary of facts and focuses on how conflicts affect real people \u2013 their everyday lives, difficult choices, and the emotions that linger long after the cameras leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakub Sz\u00e1nt\u00f3 has worked in television journalism for 26 years, including five years as a foreign correspondent for Czech Television in the Middle East. The region became a true home to him \u2013 he lived there with his family, experiencing everyday life in Israel, Palestine, and the wider area. The atmosphere of the place, constant tension, and at the same time fragile yet ordinary moments left a deep mark on them. For him, the Middle East was never just a professional assignment, but a space that fundamentally shaped his view of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside his journalistic work, he is also the author of several books in which he connects the perspective of a reporter with that of a historian. He writes about war, collective memory, and people\u2019s relationship to a region often reduced to violence and conflict alone. He has long said that \u201creceiving the same amount of hate mail from each of the opposing sides is a sign of well-done journalism.\u201d This captures his approach precisely \u2013 a commitment to understanding and offering context instead of quick judgments, especially in a time when the world feels increasingly divided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOURNALIST AND REPORTER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13286,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"program-year":[456],"program-category":[372],"program-genre":[],"program-country":[256],"class_list":["post-11536","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-category-meltingpot-cz-en","program-country-cesko-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jakub Sz\u00e1nt\u00f3 - Colours of Ostrava<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/jakub-szanto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jakub Sz\u00e1nt\u00f3 - 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