Olga Kalman

She is a well-known TV personality in Hungary: news editor and director, reporter, journalist, television host and author. She started her carrier in the main Hungarian Television in 1994 as a television host for political programs, and beside that she was news anchor too. From 1999 she was also anchorman in radios. Until recently she was the host of ATV’s Straight Talk (Egyenes Beszéd). She is author of the book Straight Talk. She has received multiple awards during her career including the János Déri award for lifetime achievement and the Hungarian Spokesman Organization’s award.

Books

– ’Straight Talk – beyond and over the airtime’; published in Hungary, 2013
– ’Dreamland – where is the border’ published in Hungary 2015

Prizes

– 2007 Bossányi Katalin-Award
– 2009 Radnóti Miklós antirasszista Award
– 2011 Déri János-Prize
– 2012 Speaker journalism award
– 2013 Joseph Pulitzer-Memorial Award
– In 2015, Forbes chose her the 4th most influential Hungarian women in the media