Graduated from the Charles University Philosophical Faculty, department of History and Theory of Theater and Czech Language and Literature. Since 1974 he has worked for Czech Radio as a producer of radio plays. He is currently editing a book on the history of radio broadcasting and is the author of several radio plays and other dramatic productions. He served as a member of the jury awarding radio plays at the Prix Italia 2000 festival. He has been a One World Festival jury member since 2002.

Vlastimil Hankus began working for Czech Radio in the newsroom after graduating from Palacký University Philosophical Faculty, in Olomouc, in 1966. At the beginning of the 1970s he was instrumental in the creation of Czech Radio's morning talk-radio show, The Morning Block, and served in a top management position at the establishment of Czech Radio 1 (Radiožurnál). He currently works for the Internet news division of Czech Radio 1 - Ižurnál. He has been a One World Festival jury member since 2001.

Ladislav Reich has worked for Czech Radio since 1983 and is currently chief sound engineer at one of the Radio's divisions. He graduated from the Cinema Studies department at the Film Faculty in Prague (FAMU) in 1992. His documentary The Birth of Carolina was awarded the Prix Bohemia Radio Prize in 1994. He has been a One World Festival jury member since 2001.