Aargauer Zeitung: Philipp Mäder becomes new Deputy Editor-in-Chief

The Board of Directors of AZ Medien AG has appointed 34-year-old Philipp Mäder as the new deputy editor-in-chief and editor of the Aargauer Zeitung. He will assume his new position on March 1, 2009, succeeding 47-year-old Urs Helbling.

The Board of Directors of AZ Medien AG has appointed 34-year-old Philipp Mäder as the new deputy editor-in-chief and page-maker of the Aargauer Zeitung. He will take up his new post on March 1, 2009, succeeding 47-year-old Urs Helbling, who - as already announced - will be leaving the company at the end of January 2009.
Philipp Mäder is currently still working as a federal house correspondent for the Tages-Anzeiger. Mäder previously worked for the same employer as domestic editor. Before that, he spent a year on the local editorial staff of the Toggenburger in Wil. Between 1999 and 2002, he completed internships and assignments as a freelance journalist and editor at the Taz and the Berliner Zeitung, among others.
Mäder studied general history, sociology and constitutional law at the University of Zurich. During his studies, he completed individual semesters at the Free University of Berlin, the Université de Genève and the Humboldt University of Berlin. He attended elementary school, high school and cantonal school in St. Gallen, Mörschwil and Goldach.
Philipp Mäder will be the deputy of Christian Dorer (33), who will take up his position on February 1, 2009.

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