Benno Mattli becomes Head of Production at the NZZ
In the future, the NZZ’s print production processes will be aligned even more closely with the editorial team’s «digital first» approach. As part of this, Daily Editor Benno Mattli will take over as head of the production editorial department effective April 1. He succeeds Christoph Fisch, who will once again devote more of his time to journalistic tasks and daily management.
In his new function, Benno Mattli will take over the departmental management of the NZZ-Together with the team, he will further standardize print processes and align them even more closely with digital work processes. In addition, he will continue to serve as the daily head of print.
Mattli began his journalistic career as an editor at the Uri weekly paper and completed the basic course in journalism at the MAZ media training center in Lucerne while working. He then worked as a final and front editor at the New Zug Newspaper and later held various positions at the Neue Luzerner Zeitung, including regional page editor, head of the reporter pool and member of the extended editorial management. In 2015, he joined the Neue Zürcher Zeitung as an editor with production responsibility. Since December 2018, he has been the daily head and responsible editor of the "Panorama" page.
Benno Mattli takes over as head of production from Christoph Fisch, who has headed the department since 2016. Fisch will now once again devote more time to daily management. He will also be responsible for quality assurance in print, language maintenance and as the editor in charge of the "Panorama" page and the "Zugespitzt" commentary. Since 1996, he has been responsible for the NZZ active.
