Joanna Stempień is a senior news editing reporter in TVN24 BIS. She has more than 17 years experience working in television. She is based in the Warsaw office, but covering international news (most recently: war in Ukraine, LGBTQ/women rights, US elections, sex abuse scandals in Catholic church). She provides reports for an evening bulletin Fakty o Świecie. Stempień believes in responsible, quality journalism and that fighting disinformation and fake news, however difficult, is nowadays crucial.

Prior to joining TVN24 and TVN24 BIS she graduated with a Master’s degree in journalism from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. She also holds a postgraduate degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Warsaw. She is a PhD student (linguistics), conducting research on voice feminization in transgender women. Stempień received the Fulbright Junior Research Award 2024-25 and will be coming to the US to collaborate with professor Adrienne Hancock from the George Washington University.