Pavel Zuna
Pavel Zuna (born March 31, 1967) is a Czech journalist and one of the most popular anchormen and reporters of the post-revolutionary era. During his career, he worked in consecutive high position on all three most viewed TV channels in the country. Throughout his career, he won a number of awards and established several new programs. Since 2012 Zuna has been working for the company Emma Capital and since 2018 he has been an active participant in the production of shows for an internet television MALL.TV. Early life Zuna was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His father, Petr Zuna, is a professor at Czech Technical University in Prague and from 1997 to 1999 was its rector. Mother, Marie, works as a doctor. After his graduation from high school in 1985, Zuna started his studies at the University of Economics in Prague. In 1989 he obtained an engineering degree specializing in International Business. Career Czechoslovak and Czech Television In 1991, as an intern, Zuna entered Czechoslovak Television and in the summer of 1992 got a chance to host its main news program called Deník ČST (Journal of Czechoslovak Television). In 1993 the TV station was divided and Zuna became an anchorman of a show Události, komentáře (Events, Comments) aired on newly formed Czech Television. In the same year he started hosting the main news program in the evening. On the top of that, during the time he worked as editor in chief of the economic news department. Between 1996 and 1998 he was covering news from foreign journeys of Czech president Václav Havel, whom he was accompanying as a journalist on many of his travels. Philip Morris In 1998, Zuna left television and started working as a spokesman of the company Tabák a.s. (today’s name Philip Morris) for the Czech Republic. Before the end of the year, the director of TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, offered him a job as a host of the main news broadcasting show and Zuna decided to sign the contract. TV Nova He started his career on TV Nova on the day of its fifth anniversary – April 2, 1999. For the few next years, his co-anchor became Mirka Čejková. In August 1999 he was promoted to editor in chief of the whole news department, plus he kept on working as an anchorman of news program called Televizní noviny (Television Newspaper). Under his leadership the news department started a couple of new shows – Střepiny (The Splinters) and Víkend (The Weekend). In 2004, Zuna switched his editorial position for a job as the deputy of director of programs, who at the time was Libuše Šmuclerová. Apart from hosting Televizní noviny, he took the responsibility for special projects of TV Nova. He was in charge with the first and second season of shows called Česko hledá superstar (Czech version of Pop/American Idol) and Výměna manželek (Wife Swap). He also wrote the narration commentary for Výměna manželek. Media Break In 2006 Zuna left for a job in the business sector