Simona Janíková is an Ostrava-based journalist and editor. She is a co-founder of local media Okraj.
She who covers mostly social and environmental problems in the Moravian-Silesian Region in Czechia.
She sees that it makes sense to write for the local community, the texts can be more targeted and as a journalist she is closer to her readers. She believes that working in the region can have a real and quicker impact, and the audience can resonate with the texts long after they are published.