Lado Ambrožič

Lado Ambrožič (born 1948) is a Slovenian journalist and news editor. In the 1990s, he made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Radiotelevizija Slovenija news broadcasting.

Career In 1974, he became employed at Radio Ljubljana where he was a journalist and editor in the political department. Initially, he edited the program Še pomnite, tovariši (Do you still remember, comrades?) and was then active as a reporter and commentator in the fields of ecology, banking, and energy industry. He hosted the main news program Dogodki in odmevi (Events and Echos), the program Studio ob sedemnajstih (Studio at Five), and prepared a series of reports and profiles. In 1984, he became employee of TV Ljubljana (TV Slovenia), where he worked as a reporter and commentator in the fields of energy industry and banking, mostly for TV Dnevnik (TV Daily), and hosted Omizje, Aktualno, V znamenju (predecessor to Odmevi) and Utrip. In 1990, he was appointed editor of the domestic politics editorial office, and in 1991, he became editor-in-chief of TV Slovenia's news program, a position he held until the end of 1999. During this time, he created the most successful news program on TV Slovenia, Odmevi (1997). Between 1991 and 2013, he conducted more than 250 one-hour talk shows entitled Intervju (Interview).