“Jump up and lick the table” – complaints of serious abuse are being investigated at a Budapest children’s home

Kata graduated from ELTE with a degree in Hungarian Literature and Communication. She started working at the former independent news outlet Origo, where she spent six years. She later worked for the politics section of Index for ten years, followed by Telex with the departing journalist from Index, and most recently as a freelancer on her own projects. She was awarded the Márta Zsigmond Media Prize and the Poverty with Dignity Special Prize. She writes mainly on crime, justice and social issues. She has published two books of her own, the first on the stories of imprisoned innocent people, the second on romantic frauds. She is also the co-creator of two popular podcast series, Role-Playing Murder and Missing Persons.