Briefingcore launched in Szczecin in 2020. The editorial team at the time had been following the news professionally for years — some in journalism, some in research — and kept running into the same frustration: substantive, factual coverage of Polish affairs in English was thin. Major international outlets touched on the biggest stories, but everyday political, economic, and social developments went largely unreported in English.
Szczecin was a natural place to build from. The city sits close to the German border and has a long tradition of cross-border exchange — cultural, economic, and institutional. An English-language outlet from here could serve both the international community in the city and the much larger audience of Polish citizens who follow the news in English, as well as international readers looking for reliable briefings on a country that matters more and more to European affairs.
The format we settled on — the briefing — reflects our belief that most people are busy and most news is needlessly long. A good briefing gives you what you need to understand a story: the facts, the context, and an honest note about what is still unknown. It does not try to tell you what to think about it.
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