He graduated from the Klementyna Hoffmanowa High School No. 9 in Warsaw. He subsequently graduated in theatre studies from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. During his studies he worked for the academic weekly "Auditorium". Before the collapse of communism he was the host of a children's programme "5-10-15" broadcast on TVP1 channel. He also hosted the "Na żywo" as well as "Oblicza mediów" TV programmes. He worked as a TVP correspondent in Brussels (2003), Rome (2004–2005) and Washington (2005–2008). In the years 2011–2013, he hosted the "Na pierwszym planie" TV program. Between 2012–2016 he served as the head of the "Wiadomości" news programme. He frequently covered John Paul II's visits to Poland and travelled to various places around the world to provide live coverage of such events as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2005 London bombings, 2010 Smolensk air disaster, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami as well as the 2014 Euromaidan.