Łukasz Lipiński (1973 – 2024)
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Stay till the tip, one hundred pc
It was in all probability this final 12 months, marked by a severe sickness, that confirmed what sort of particular person Łukasz was. Whereas combating pancreatic most cancers, he misplaced a whole lot of weight, misplaced his hair on account of the remedy, and felt that he had much less and fewer power. But it surely by no means occurred to him to really feel sorry for himself. Łukasz determined that since he did not have many days left, he needed to spend them as finest he might.
He continued to look on TVN24 and on-line channels as a commentator. He continued to write down journalistic analyzes of Polish actuality. He was factual and easily uncompromising in essential issues. One among his feedback:
I activate TVP Information solely to seek out out what are the tendencies in PiS information of the day. Generally, purely out of obligation, I watch TVP’s “Wiadomości”. To say that it’s a disgusting propaganda spectacle that has nothing to do with journalism is to say nothing. “I do not respect anybody who exhibits up there,” Kazik sang.
Between work, household and soccer
It’s price saying that – in these tough months of Łukasz’s battle for all times to the fullest – the weekly “Polityka” was superbly preserved, giving him a free hand in skilled issues and each doable assist.
So Łukasz labored as a lot as he might and needed. He was imagined to have time for his household and himself. It was additionally regarding giving him time to meet at the very least just a few of his goals. As a soccer fan, Łukasz actually needed to see the Premier League reside. It labored – just a few months in the past he went to the London derby and got here once more delighted.
Usually, he attended matches rather a lot, ideally along with his sons. The 2 elders, Mikołaj and Michał, are from the primary marriage, Konstanty – from the second. Mikołaj is learning overseas. Łukasz got here to the stadium with center and youthful gamers. Michał has simply received into medical faculty, he shaved his head “to nothing” to indicate how a lot he’s along with his dad in these tough instances. Kostek – to Łukasz’s pleasure, he turned a soccer participant within the junior workforce.
These three might be seen at matches in Gdańsk and Warsaw. They went to Lechia and Polonia Warsaw. Łukasz was completely happy that the White and Greens managed to return to the highest league inside one season and that the Black Shirts remained within the Fortuna 1st League.
He liked Gdańsk, he liked Lechia and our Gdańsk stadium, the “Amber Delight”
– says the president of Enviornment Gdańsk, Rafał Mańkus, good friend of Łukasz Lipiński.
Łukasz Lipiński (second from the left) on the Lechia match. Seated from the precise: Piotr Borawski, deputy mayor of Gdańsk and prof. Jacek Tebinka from the College of Gdańsk. On the left – the writer of the textual content
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Trustworthy to the spirit of August
Łukasz had been dwelling in Warsaw for over 20 years, so what was most essential was within the capital, however he nonetheless got here to Gdańsk every time he might. To start with – go to his mom, who has all the time been a job mannequin for him. It was a home concerned within the actions of the primary “Solidarity” and dwelling the August ethos. Łukasz remembered from his childhood this glorious breeze of freedom and the keenness of adults, following which – the dramatic episodes of martial regulation.
He entered maturity in free Poland. He was a graduate of the 2nd Secondary Faculty in Gdańsk. He graduated from the College of Regulation of the College of Gdańsk.
On the finish of 1996, the Gdańsk department of Gazeta Wyborcza introduced that it was on the lookout for interns to work in journalism. A crowd got here and three folks had been welcomed – amongst them Luke. He confirmed extraordinary effectivity and a way of remark. After the preliminary interview, the candidates had been merely imagined to exit and produce an attention-grabbing matter. Łukasz discovered from passers-by that in entrance of the submit workplace on Długa Avenue there are two containers – one for home letters, the opposite for native ones. Nevertheless, at a sure time, postal employees got here to choose up these letters with one basket, mixing the contents of each containers. Łukasz requested the place the which means was right here – and that is what he did, he all the time regarded for which means within the subjects he described.
They mentioned decelerate, however he nodded
He labored for “Gazeta Wyborcza” for 15 years. When he moved from Gdańsk to Warsaw, he began within the financial division (deputy head in 2001-2006), then he was the top of the overseas division (2006-2008) and home division (2008-2012).
After leaving Wyborcza, he selected to work for the Polityka Perception analytical web site, which was one thing distinctive and revolutionary on the Polish media market. Łukasz created it from scratch, he was the director of study at PI.
We went towards the grain – at a time when everyone seems to be complaining concerning the declining stage of journalism and tabloidization of the media, we now have constructed an internet site primarily based on prime quality, info evaluation and sometimes specialised data.
– he later wrote on one of many social networking websites.
He had, amongst others, a number of thousand edited analyzes and a number of other dozen complete experiences. This gave him professional data on financial and political points.
From 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of the Polityka.pl web site. and deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly “Polityka”.
His editorial workplace introduced the loss of life of Łukasz Lipiński:
The truth is, he by no means gave in to the illness: he traveled, met, labored, deliberate. He lived one hundred pc, that is what he needed – he solely nodded when somebody instructed him: “decelerate, relaxation.” Husband and pop. A great and smart man. We can not come to phrases with Łukasz’s departure. Our ideas are along with his family members.
