Nicole Anliker becomes deputy editor-in-chief of the NZZ
Nicole Anliker, the NZZ’s current Latin America correspondent, will become the new deputy editor-in-chief and head of the newsroom. In addition, the Technology and Science departments will be merged under the leadership of Christiane Hanna Henkel.
Andreas Schürer, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the NZZ and Head of Newsroom, has decided to pursue a new career path after 20 years in journalism: as of January 1, 2021, he will become Managing Director of the Weltoffenes Zürich Committee and owner of his own communications company. Schürer had left his job at the NZZ started in 2011 in the Zurich department.
Nicole Anliker will be the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of Newsroom as of April 1, 2021. In addition to the digital newsroom, she will also head the newsroom, the picture desk including web production, and the photography team. Anliker joined the International department in 2011 and has been Latin America correspondent since 2018. She gained her first journalistic experience at Radio Freiburg and the Freiburger Nachrichten. Anliker studied history and political science in Fribourg and international relations in Geneva. Afterwards, she spent longer periods in Central and South America as well as various internships in the field of development policy and human rights.
Merging the technology and science portfolios
In order to make even better use of their respective strengths in the future and to bundle synergies, the two departments of Technology and Science will be merged as of November 1 under the leadership of Christiane Hanna Henkel. Together they will form the new Technology and Science Department. Christian Speicher, Head of the Science Department since 2009, is relinquishing this role in order to be able to devote himself fully to writing as a specialist editor in the future. He holds a doctorate in physics and joined the Science Department of the NZZ where, in addition to physics, he also supervises the subjects of chemistry, mathematics and climate.
Christiane Hanna Henkel has headed the Technology department since it was established in November 2019. The business and financial journalist, who specializes in technology topics, has worked for more than twenty years for the NZZ active. Henkel studied business administration at the HEC Lausanne and also graduated from the Georg von Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists in Düsseldorf, subsequently earning a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen.
