From 1989 she worked for the Lidové noviny daily, in 1992 she went to Moscow as its correspondent and worked in the territories of the former USSR until 2001. She covered a number of war conflicts in Asia and Africa, and was involved in crisis reporting. She was expelled from Russia in 2001. She worked in Afghanistan until 2006. After returning to the Czech Republic, she covered the former USSR, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. She is currently working in the editorial office of Deník N.