our team
By encouraging news media development and providing training and opportunities for professional dialogue across borders, we leverage our unique experience to help drive systemic change.
Prague Centre for Media Skills (PCMS) annual report for 2022 gives a comprehensive overview of our activities and finances:
PCMS Chair, Frank Williams,
began his career with BBC World Service in London. After making programs for listeners in the Soviet Union for both the BBC and Radio Liberty, he worked on broadcast journalism training programmes in Russia, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Romania. Frank has been involved in developing projects to support editors and reporters for independent media in the Caucasus, Belarus and Ukraine. He regularly shares his experience with newcomers to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
You may contact Frank via his LinkedIn page
Deputy Chair, Ondřej Soukup,
is a seasoned reporter and analyst for Czech Public Radio, focused mainly on Russia and Ukraine and providing insights and analysis on political, social, and economic developments in the former Soviet Union. Ondřej has also worked for the Czech business newspaper Hospodařské noviny and was a project manager in the region for the Czech humanitarian aid organisation People in Need (Člověk v tísni).
You may contact Ondřej via his LinkedIn page
Member, Adriana Dergam,
has held diverse roles across the media, NGO, public, and academic sectors, including senior positions in business. She led the projects Promoting Human Rights in the Digital Era and TechWatch, raising awareness about the impact of modern technologies on human rights. She also serves as a member of the Czech Government’s Council for Human Rights and co-founded the Committee for Human Rights and Modern Technology.
You may contact Adriana via her LinkedIn page
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