Now it's official: De Schepper is confirmed as AZ newspaper editor

As previously announced, 43-year-old Werner De Schepper will take over as deputy editor-in-chief of the Aargauer Zeitung. The former editor-in-chief of Blick will serve in this role as the editor responsible for the Aargau-Bund and the regional sections. He will assume his position on February 15, as AZ Medien announced on Thursday following the official appointment by the board of directors.

As already announced, 43-year-old Werner De Schepper is taking over the position of Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Aargauer Zeitung. In this function, the former editor-in-chief of Blick will act as editor-in-chief of the Aargau-Bund and the regional sections. He will take up his post on February 15, as AZ Medien announced on Thursday following the official election by the Board of Directors. He replaces Balz Bruder, who is leaving the Aargauer Zeitung in mid-February.
Werner de Schepper has been working as a coach for the regional sections of the Aargauer Zeitung since September 1, 2008 and is in charge of the project to relaunch the regional editions. The graduate theologian lives in Olten. He also retains his position as a lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel.
On February 1, 33-year-old Christian Dorer will start work as the new editor-in-chief of AZ and the Mittelland Zeitung association. The other deputy editor-in-chief and editor of the MZ section, 34-year-old Philipp Mäder, will take over on March 1.

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