Daniel Piotrowski
After being asked throughout his young life whether he was related to Tom Piotrowski, the Channel 10 CommSec guy (for the record: he’s not), Daniel Piotrowski chose to follow his namesake into the media.
The Punch’s newest journalist, Dan studied journalism and communications at the University of Technology, Sydney. There, he edited the student magazine, Vertigo. His crowning achievement in this role was the magazine being censored by student politicians over a poor taste headline he gave a story about fake breasts. A headline he still thinks is very funny.
Before joining The Punch, Dan spent a year-and-a-half working on The Australian’s online desk. He has interned at a stack of Sydney news outlets, including The Sunday Telegraph and Channel 9 News.
Dan is the proud owner of a tie that resembles a piano and a Barack Obama desktop garden gnome.
Articles by Daniel Piotrowski
Punch on: Open thread 07/03/2012
An Aussie winemaker has been named the world’s best. South Australia’s Peter Gago, who oversees the making of overseeing the…... Read more
Our first look at the future of Australia’s media
The federal government’s media inquiry released its long-awaited report today – 469 pages of policy discussion for interested parties to…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 02/03/2012
It’s been a big week. At the top: the Labor leadership clusterpunch. We liveblogged the leadership showdown as it happened.…... Read more
Paris Hilton is not a poet, shame she doesn’t know it
Paris Hilton has had it all. The money. The TV show. The perfume range. The perfume range for men. The…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 29/02/2012
It’s the 29th of February, the day that gets added to a leap year. It only comes around every four…... Read more
Commercial radio sucks, and not just because of Kyle
One of the more controversial articles we’ve published on The Punch was Lucy Dayman’s piece last year which questioned whether…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 24/02/2012
Well, the week certainly took a turn on Wednesday when the Labor leadership time bomb finally blew. Earlier, Liberal MP…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 23/02/2012
I reckon the Thursday Word is pretty ugly looking. It means that you’re a little bit of a tightarse. You…... Read more
Technology is eating our jobs. But is that a bad thing?
It’s like something out of a dream. Right in front of your eyes, a corner of Sydney’s Town Hall train…... Read more
You can’t read between the lines if you can’t read
What would it be like to be illiterate in Australia today? You probably wouldn’t be able to follow medical instructions…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 17/02/2012
It was a week of love and grief. Whitney Houston died, and journo Greg Barila channeled many when he explained…... Read more
This woman could take us to infinity and beyond
A NASA astronaut probably won’t be the next person to take a small step for man on a planet or…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 15/02/2012
When you think of breast cancer, what image do you think of? For many: a pink ribbon. But an American…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 14/02/2012
We saw this photo pinging around the web yesterday. It’s of a young Bill Clinton, future US president, meeting John…... Read more
Those greedy ATMs gobble up more than your card
We’ve been talking a lot about interest rates this week. And the 30 per cent of us who have mortgages…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 10/02/2012
It was a week of leadership tensions, talk of economics and debate about sexism. To kick off the week, I…... Read more
Cash mobs aren’t so flash
For a moment in the mid-naughties, they were the coolest of all cool social media-fuelled meme-thingos. I’m talking about flash…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
We were having a chat about technology in The Punch office yesterday. Ant was shocked (shocked!) when I mentioned using…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 07/02/2012
It’s the first Tuesday of the month, so if you’ve got a mortgage, you know what that means: you’re going…... Read more
Leadership spills are just a big fizzer with voters
The cleaners at The Lodge don’t appear to be mopping the PM’s political blood up off the floor this morning,…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 06/02/2012
A mandatory evacuation order has been declared for the inland Queensland town of St George as floodwaters deluge parts of…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 03/02/2011
The fallout from the Australia Day incident continued. The PM’s leadership was further destabilised by silly media errors. Penbo said…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 02/02/2011
The Punch received a press release from the Defence Department yesterday announcing that the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 01/02/2012
As many great Australians and members of The Punch team would do after achieving a great success, on Sunday evening…... Read more
You’re courting disaster naming places after the living
Margaret Court has been, well, courting controversy these past weeks. The former world no.1 tennis star, turned pastor, has raised…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 25/01/2011
Here’s an interesting development in the UK on sentencing for drug dealing and possession. Have a squizz for yourself, but…... Read more
Flying the flag for lazy gotcha polling
So a crack commando unit of researchers from the University of Western Australia has found that people who place Australian…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 24/01/2012
The Punch was described in a column in The Sun-Herald at the weekend, alongside a reference to one of our…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 13/01/2012
It’s Friday the 13th. But in some good luck for you, here’s this week’s Friday review. In the news this…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 11/01/2012
Some talkers for Wednesday. Pacific Brands, the clothing manufacturer behind Bonds, is in takeover talks with a US investment group.…... Read more
Leave this beautiful little country alone!
Every time NZ Prime Minister John Key’s phone rings, he must fear the worst. Every time your average Kiwi switches…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 10/01/2012
This is a little bizarre. A 2.1-metre New Zealand man is being deported from Australia after the Government deemed his…... Read more
Clarkey smacks tall poppy syndrome for 329, not out
Say hello to our latest sporting hero. He’s had quite the journey to get to this point. “Michael Clarke now…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 06/01/2012
Ah, summer. This week we brought in the New Year - and honestly, there wasn’t a whole lot else when…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 05/01/2012
Today’s Thursday Word is quite muddled. As a matter of fact, it’s a little bit secretive as well. And it’s…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 04/01/2012
Everyone who writes for a living, or even comments on The Punch, knows that the slightest error in your spelling…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 03/01/2011
A few talkers for the start of the working week. 1) If you live in Sydney or Brisbane: how great…... Read more
Punch on: Happy New Year! 2012’s first open thread
If everything went to plan last night, my eyes are feeling a little sensitive to sunlight this morning. If everything…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 23/12/2011
The week before Christmas was ruled by grief. Associate Professor Felix Patrikeef explained what the death of North Korean dictator…... Read more
Biggest moments of 2011 #3 Gaddafi falls, democracy rises
What happened An Arab Spring first sprung late last year, when Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 21/12/2011
Watch out for that Christmas ham this Sunday. It might be out to get you. A report out yesterday revealed…... Read more
Biggest moments of 2011 #4 A Japanese catastrophe
What happened An earthquake. A tsunami. A nuclear meltdown. Just one would’ve been devastating. But we’ve seen few catastrophes quite…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 20/12/2011
Well. Hasn’t it been a crap year to be a ruthless dictator or all-round Evil Dude? All the big names…... Read more
Biggest moments of 2011 #8 Afghans turn on Aussies
What happened Our biggest wartime horror in a long time. Three diggers and their Afghan interpreter were killed and seven…... Read more
Punch on: Friday review 16/12/2011
It was a big week in science. CERN scientists caught a glimpse of the Higgs Boson. What is the bloody…... Read more
Biggest moments of 2011 #9 The Sheen comes off Charlie
What happened Sheen, the son of the excellent Martin and the star of a crap blockbuster TV show, destroyed his…... Read more
Our hi-tech future is here! And it’s remarkably ordinary
It’s time to get over the hovercar. It’s not happening. You’re not getting one. And for that matter, you’re not…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 14/12/2011
When it comes to being cool, Apple have had their highs and their lows. Highs: their “Big Brother” ad in…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 13/12/2011
Here’s a nice story by Alison Stephenson over at news.com.au. Meet the 44th Sunset. You might be hearing a lot…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 12/12/2011
I went Christmas shopping on Saturday. And I did something unusual: I put some thought into what I was doing…... Read more
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