After the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981, she resigned from the PZPR (Polish United Workers' Party).

In the same year, she started working in the editorial office of "Życie Warszawy", where, among others, she was the head of the political department.

[citation needed] Paradowska was also honored with the annual Grand Press award, namely the title of the best journalist in 2002.

[citation needed] On the initiative of Renata Gluza from the monthly press, she was awarded an additional prize for her acting performance on 13 and 14 January 2007 at Warsaw's Kwadrat Theatre in the farce of Ray Cooney and John Chapman.

[3] Janina Paradowska was twice married, first to Tadeusz Stępień, journalist of Kuryer Polski, then to Jerzy Zimowski.