{"id":16645,"date":"2026-06-14T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/ucinkujici\/zdislava-pokorna\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:19:35","slug":"zdislava-pokorna","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/zdislava-pokorna\/","title":{"rendered":"Zdislava Pokorn\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in her career, she helped uncover pro-Russian disinformation networks in the Czech Republic and investigated how people close to former president Milo\u0161 Zeman built business interests around his time in office. She later captured these findings in her book Zemanovo fin\u00e1le.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the recipient of the Novin\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e1 k\u0159epelka award, which recognises outstanding journalistic achievements by reporters under the age of 33. 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