[1][2] In 1989 he was head of the editorial division of Gazeta Wyborcza, 1989–1990 spokesman of the Citizens Parliamentary Club, in 1991–1992 president of the Polish Agency Informacyjna, journalist of the weekly Polityka.

[3] He began working as a journalist in the weekly Na Przełaj (1980–1981), then he was active in the Press Information Office of Solidarność (1981–1983).

He was a spokesperson for the Civic Parliamentary Club (1989–1991), one of the founders of Gazeta Wyborcza and the first president of the Polish Information Agency (1991–1992).

He was the host of many journalistic programs on Polish television stations such as: Tok Szok, Gość Radia Zet, Eavesdropped Talks, Summa of events by Jacek Żakowski and Jacek Żakowski's Week.

Currently, he runs Friday's Morning issues in Tok FM and a show on TVN.