Graduated from Latin and Greek philology at the Poznań University. Journalist and publicist. 1979-1989 involved in PZPR-Polish United Workers Party, its Main Secretary in 1989. Until 1991 member of the Polish Parliament. Since 1983 journalist in Wprost weekly, in 1985 - vice editor-in-chief and since 1989 it’s editor-in-chief. In 1991 decided to leave politics behind and concentrated fully on the Wprost weekly. Turned it into one of the biggest and the strongest opinion magazine on the Polish market and continues to work on constant improvements.