Journalist, editor-in-chief of the weekly „Polityka” for 30 years, and president of the Polityka Workers' Cooperative. He began his journalistic career in 1973 in the economics section of „Życie Warszawy”. He is a graduate of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Warsaw and held fellowships at the Indiana University School of Journalism, „Journalistes en Europe”, and the „Fondation de France”. He is the author and co-author of several books, including „800 days. Shock under controll” (with Leszek Balcerowicz) and „Files of the liberals” (with Janina Paradowska). He is a member of the Council of the Institute of Public Affairs. In 2010, the selection committee for the Andrzej Woyciechowski Award named him "Journalist of the 20-Year Period." He is a recipient of the Dariusz Fikus Journalism Award in the "Media Creators" category and was honored with the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – „Gloria Artis”.