Gábor Mező has worked for Magyar Nemzet, Magyar Hírlap, and PestiSracok.hu. He originally started as a sports journalist and columnist but has been researching the communist and socialist past and the history of the regime change for about ten years. Currently, he is a senior researcher at the Századvég Foundation. He is the author of several books, and his book "A kultúra megszállása" was awarded the historical nonfiction book of the year by Libri this year.