Dziennik Zachodni is a regional Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 newspaper distributed in Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...

. Its headquarters is located in the city of Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

. Established in February 1945 by Stanisław Ziemba, it was initially a state-held daily. Taken over by Polskapresse company, itself a part of the Verlagsgruppe Passau, it is currently the best selling regional newspaper in Poland with an average of 109,000 copies sold daily. Following the 2004 merger with Trybuna Śląska

Trybuna Slaska

Trybuna Robotnicza is the name of a Polish leftist weekly magazine published every Thursday since May 10, 2006. Its circulation is about 20,000. Its current editor-in-chief is Dariusz Zalega....

 daily, it is also one of the largest. The main issue published daily in approximately 326,000 copies, with a set of add-ins devoted to sports and labour (Mondays), education (Tuesdays), motorization (Wednesdays), household (Thursdays), health and travels (Saturdays).

Notable contributors:

• Krystyna Bochenek
  Krystyna Bochenek
  Krystyna Maria Bochenek, née Neuman was a Polish politician, Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland representing Civic Platform...
  
   - Polish senator and journalist
• Jan Miodek
  Jan Miodek
  Jan Miodek , Professor of Wroclaw University, is a Polish linguist in the normative tradition....
  
   - professor, language expert of Poland-wide fame
• Stanisław Janicki - film director, critic
• Tadeusz Pieronek
  Tadeusz Pieronek
  Tadeusz Pieronek is a Polish Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop-emeritus, Catholic academic and professor of theology and civil law. Pieronek is a leading member of the Stefan Batory Foundation .-Biography:...
  
   - bishop, theologist
• Kazimierz Kutz
  Kazimierz Kutz
  Kazimierz Julian Kutz is a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland.- Biography :...
  
   - film director
• Tomasz Lis
  Tomasz Lis
  Tomasz Lis is one of the most popular Polish journalists, former TV anchor of “TVN Fakty” and “Wydarzenia” ....
  
   - journalist and TV personality
• Gwidon Miklaszewski
• Tigran Vardikyan