SRF U.S. Correspondent Isabelle Jacobi Becomes Editor-in-Chief at the Bund
Well-known journalist Isabelle Jacobi is set to become editor-in-chief of The Covenant and a member of the editorial board BZ/Federation. She is taking over for Patrick Feuz, who is moving to Gecko Communication.
It is not yet clear when exactly Isabelle Jacobi will take up her position with the Swiss Confederation. She has been working as SRF's US correspondent in Washington D.C. since 2017. Prior to that, she spent almost ten years at the SRF radio program "Echo der Zeit", initially as a producer and presenter, before taking over as editor-in-chief in 2012. Between 2006 and 2008, she was a freelance correspondent in New York, working for SRF, Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Berlin, NZZ on Sunday and The Covenant. From 1999 to 2006, she was presenter and editor of DRS 2 aktuell. Before that, she worked as a dramaturge and playwright. Isabelle Jacobi holds a Master's degree in English studies, Swiss history and theater studies from the University of Bern. She also studied business administration in Los Angeles and journalism in New York.
"I'm looking forward to this new, exciting role and my move from the Potomac to the Aare," says Isabelle Jacobi. "As a member of the editorial team BZ/Federation I will stand up for quality journalism in Bern as a media center and support the traditional Confederation together with the convergent BZ/Federation-editorial team into the multimedia future."
Pietro Supino, publisher of Tamedia: "With her journalistic track record and her experience with new narrative forms, as well as her Bernese roots and her international perspective, Isabelle Jacobi brings excellent qualifications to her new role as Editor-in-Chief of the Confederation with. It gives me great pleasure to welcome them to the circle of our editors-in-chief. An exciting task awaits her in these turbulent and changing times. I wish her all the best and look forward to working with her. "
Marco Boselli, Co-Managing Director of Tamedia, says: "I think it's great that we have been able to recruit a journalist with a high reputation, who also originally comes from Bern, as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Bund. Isabelle Jacobi fits in perfectly with the journalistic profile of the Confederation and will continue to hone this with her extensive experience in research and background. In addition, she will provide important cross-editorial input for new audio formats throughout Tamedia."
