The 20 Minuten video news team stands
The video news team, led by Silvana Guanziroli, consists of a total of eleven employees. Based in Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen, and Zurich, they are the first on the scene and report live or from the studio.
Silvana Guanziroli, Head of Video News at 20 Minuten, has fully staffed her team - just in time for the launch of the new news format "20 Minuten Now!" - as of the beginning of November 2020. The eleven-strong team is made up of experienced video journalists stationed at 20 Minuten's Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zurich locations, who go out whenever something happens in Switzerland. They report live on location or from the studio in the 20 Minuten newsroom, which started operations at the beginning of November. According to information from 20 minutes to Anna Kohler, the journalistic director of Advertising Week and m&kthree more video journalists are to join the eleven-strong team as of April 2021.
Till Burgherr has been appointed chief of staff by Tele M1. 20 minutes switched. The designer with a degree in visual communication previously worked for the Aargau TV station as a video journalist and outside presenter. Lena Wilczek joins Video News from Blick TV as a producer and presenter. The Basel native holds a master's degree in New Media Journalism and learned the journalistic craft at Tele Basel, where she worked as video journalist and
producer was active.
Video journalists are also on assignment for 20 Minuten: Frrok Boqaj, who previously worked in the sports department of the Tages-Anzeiger, Michelle Brunner, who joins the team from Tele M1, Salvatore Iuliano, who returns to journalism after a detour into public relations, long-time Tele Bärn journalist Marc Gerber, Philip Salzmann, a trained multimedia producer who was previously with TeleBielingue, and Thomas Sennhauser, who joins the team from FM1 Today.
On March 1, 2021, Stefan Lanz will also join the video news team as a federal house correspondent and producer. He currently works as chief of staff, producer and video journalist at Keystone-SDA.
As already communicated Nicole Ulrich, who previously held various positions at SRF, Tele Züri and the production company Mediafisch, is deputy head of department.
20 Minutes Now! with a very good start
With "20 Minuten Now!" 20 Minuten launched a news format at the beginning of November that is completely designed for mobile use. The most important news is presented in a compact format and each article can be skipped at any time.
Gaudenz Looser, Editor-in-Chief of 20 Minuten, is satisfied with the launch: "We are convinced that with our user-centric approach we have found the right kind of video reporting for 20 Minuten. This is shown by the very positive feedback and the development of user numbers."
