Bruno Ziauddin becomes member of the Annabelle editorial board

Bruno Ziauddin is joining *Annabelle* and, starting in the summer of 2009, will serve as managing editor and a member of the editorial board, overseeing the features and profiles section. The 43-year-old will replace Klingbacher, who has headed the features section since June 2006.

Bruno Ziauddin is moving to Annabelle and, as of summer 2009, will be responsible for reports and portraits as head of copy and member of the editorial team. The 43-year-old was most recently a writer for Weltwoche and a freelancer for various German media.
Ziauddin will replace Barbara Klingbacher, who has headed the Reports department since June 2006 and will go freelance in March 2009. The 36-year-old intends to return to writing and other projects as a freelance author.
Bruno Ziauddin grew up in Zurich as the son of an Indian and a Swiss and studied politics and history in London. He got into journalism through a traineeship at the Zürcher Unterländer and later wrote for the St. Galler Tagblatt, the magazine, Weltwoche and for the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others. Ziauddin has received various awards for his articles on society and sports, including the Zurich Journalism Prize twice. Bruno Ziauddin is a lecturer at the Media Training Center in Lucerne. In June 2008, Rowohlt-Verlag published his debut work "Grüezi Gummihälse," a satirical examination of the emotional relationship between the Swiss and the Germans.

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