JÁNOS HORVÁT

János Horvát (57) is a well-known Hungarian TV-journalist.  He is also teaching at the media program of JPTE (Janus Pannonius University), Pécs.

Beginning his broadcasting career in 1969, he became one of Hungary’s respected television personalities, working for a decade as an anchor for the leading political magazine program of Hungarian Television /MTV/, and producing documentaries on South America, Spain, Portugal, and other countries.  In 1975 he spent a sabbatical year as a Nieman fellow, studying journalism at M.I.T. and Harvard University, he then returned to MTV as senior foreign correspondent.  Concurrently he began teaching journalism at the Hungarian Journalists' Academy and the Hungarian Film School, and later held posts as Head of Film and Program Acquisition in MTV and in 1989 as director created and launched the new Channel-2 for Hungarian Television.  

Horvát has returned to MTV after two years in New York City, (1990-92) where he was first a fellow and later a senior research associate at The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University.
In 1994 he set up a private television program producing and distribution company.  
/Centrofilm/, and works also as a media adviser for national and international media companies.

Mr. Horvát was an elected member of the National Election Committee,(1998-2001) and for his journalistic activity he was awarded with the Officers’ cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic in 1996.

Mr. Horvát speaks fluent English and Spanish.

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