Britské listy
Encyclopedia
Britské listy is a Czech-language cultural and political internet daily. It is published by a reader-financed NGO
Britske Listy o.s. based in Prague
.
The paper was founded in July 1996 by Jan Čulík
who was then working as a freelancer for various Czech-language media outlets in Prague
.
The motto "Daily about everything the Czech Republic doesn't talk about" reflects a declared long-term objective to publish articles on topics that mainstream media in the Czech Republic ignore or under-report.
Most of the contributors are left-of-center, but the daily does not refrain from publishing articles from most edges of the spectrum including conspiracy theories which would not pass the usual journalistic verification.
Editorial changes are (officially) kept to a minimum with the main editors preferring to add comments to articles rather than replacing content.
Most contributors live in the Czech republic, Slovakia or are a part of Czech diaspora.
Most articles are published in Czech, occasionally in Slovak, in rare cases in English as well. Many articles are written by the editors as translations from English, German or other foreign language. Articles from UK dailies, especially The Guardian
, are common.
base in Czech Republic..
Non-governmental organization
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Britske Listy o.s. based in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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The paper was founded in July 1996 by Jan Čulík
Jan Culík
Jan Čulík is an independent Czech journalist and academic. He is the founder and editor of the independent Czech Internet daily Britské listy since 1996.-Background:...
who was then working as a freelancer for various Czech-language media outlets in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
The motto "Daily about everything the Czech Republic doesn't talk about" reflects a declared long-term objective to publish articles on topics that mainstream media in the Czech Republic ignore or under-report.
Most of the contributors are left-of-center, but the daily does not refrain from publishing articles from most edges of the spectrum including conspiracy theories which would not pass the usual journalistic verification.
Editorial changes are (officially) kept to a minimum with the main editors preferring to add comments to articles rather than replacing content.
Authors, readers and topics
Topics include local (Czech) and international politics, culture and news. Poll of the readership conducted in 2007 showed readership with a disproportionately high representation of urban men with higher education and high income.Most contributors live in the Czech republic, Slovakia or are a part of Czech diaspora.
Most articles are published in Czech, occasionally in Slovak, in rare cases in English as well. Many articles are written by the editors as translations from English, German or other foreign language. Articles from UK dailies, especially The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, are common.
Important topics coverage
In July 2004, Britské listy was first Czech outlet to raise the issue of the then-planned NMDNational Missile Defense
National missile defense is a generic term for a type of missile defense intended to shield an entire country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missile or other ballistic missiles. Interception might be by anti-ballistic missiles or directed-energy weapons such as lasers...
base in Czech Republic..
External links
- www.blisty.cz, official website (ISSN 1213-1792)
- www.czechfocus.cz, Focus on the Czech Republic, an English-language project of Britské listy
- Biography of the founder in Czech
- Biography of the founder in English
- automatically generated list of the most widely read articles