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Ct Reporteri

Format

Investigative documentary magazine

Length

45 min

Timeslot

Monday 21:00, CT1

Exposé length

2–4 pages

Editorial tone

Thorough, factual, fearless. Reportéři ČT is the most important investigative format on Czech television — the journalistic conscience of the Czech Republic. Tone is serious and fact-based. The programme pulls no punches — political and economic elites are confronted directly. Research is meticulous, evidence must be solid. Reportéři ČT works with documents, data analysis, and insider sources. Confrontational interviews are a trademark. Storytelling is journalistically precise and accessible to a broad Czech audience. In a country where the media landscape is under oligarch influence, Reportéři ČT is a crucial pillar of press freedom.

What this format covers

  • ●Political corruption and abuse of power in Czechia
  • ●Economic crime and subsidy fraud (EU funds)
  • ●Justice and police — institutional failure
  • ●Oligarchs and media influence
  • ●Environmental scandals and industrial pollution
  • ●Organized crime and cross-border networks
  • ●Healthcare system and social grievances

What this format does NOT want

  • ●Topics without Czech connection or Czech interest
  • ●Science documentaries
  • ●Nature and wildlife films
  • ●Cultural portraits or artist documentaries
  • ●Historical retrospectives without current relevance
  • ●Opinion formats or activism
  • ●Topics without solid evidence

Visual expectations

Journalistically functional, at Central European public-broadcasting level. Reporter-led research on location. Confrontational interviews with politicians and business leaders. Documents, files, and data visually presented. Graphics for connections, money flows, and networks. Undercover footage where legally defensible. Affected parties on camera. The look is professional-journalistic. Archive material deployed journalistically.

Expected exposé structure

  1. Titel (working title)
  2. Shrnutí (summary: what is being revealed?)
  3. Důkazy (evidence: documents, data, witnesses)
  4. Zdroje (sources: whistleblowers, insiders)
  5. Společenský dopad (societal relevance)
  6. Časový plán (timeline)
  7. Journalist and team biography

Example productions

  • Reporteri CT: Babisovy dotace (Babis' Subventionen, 2019)
  • Reporteri CT: Pandora Papers — ceske stopy (2021)
  • Reporteri CT: Korupce na radnici (Korruption im Rathaus, 2022)
  • Reporteri CT: Energeticka krize (Energiekrise, 2022)
  • Reporteri CT: Policejni nasili (Polizeigewalt, 2023)
  • Reporteri CT: Zdravotnictvi v krizi (Gesundheitswesen in der Krise, 2023)
European perspective required

Editorial notes

Reportéři ČT has been on air since 2007 and has become the most important investigative format on Czech television. Česká televize (ČT) is the public broadcaster of the Czech Republic. The programme holds particular significance in a media landscape shaped by oligarch ownership (Andrej Babiš owns MAFRA, the largest media conglomerate). Reportéři ČT has published numerous exposés that led to political and legal consequences. The programme works with international networks (ICIJ, OCCRP). ČT produces predominantly in-house. [TO BE VERIFIED] Current commissioning desk leadership, submission pathways, and budget information.

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