Sunday newspaper focuses on investigative journalism

The editorial staff of the Sonntagszeitung is expanding its investigative journalism resources and establishing a new investigative desk. Martin Stoll will head the desk. The 47-year-old has been with the Sonntagszeitung since 1995 and has served as deputy head of the news department since June 2008.

Martin Stoll will continue to perform his current function in addition to his new role, as Tamedia announced on Tuesday. Stoll is a graduate of the Swiss School of Journalism MAZ and in 2009 was awarded the Zurich Journalism Prize excellent.
From October 1, 2010, he will also manage Oliver Zihlmann the news department of the Sonntagszeitung. He takes over from Simon Bärtschiwho was appointed deputy editor-in-chief. At the end of the 1990s, 38-year-old Oliver Zihlmann was already working for various departments of the Sonntagspublikation and wrote for five years as a permanent contributor from Berlin before the doctor of history and mathematics returned to Fokus-Bund in 2007.
Two additional specialist editors will be added to the Economics department, Guido Schätti and Nicole Kircherstrengthened. The 41-year-old sociologist and economic historian Guido Schätti is currently deputy head of the Blick Group's business department. He will take up his new position on January 1, 2011. Nicole Kircher will also be moving to the Sonntagszeitung on January 1, 2011. The 39-year-old business journalist currently works for the business magazine Bilanz and the Handelszeitung.

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