NZZ expands its editorial team
News from Falkenstrasse: The NZZ has appointed Gerhard Schwarz as deputy editor-in-chief, René Zeller as news director, and has added online director Fredy Greuter to the executive board.
News from Falkenstrasse: NZZ appoints Gerhard Schwarz as deputy editor-in-chief, René Zeller as head of news and adds Fredy Greuter, head of online, to the executive committee. Schwarz, currently head of the NZZ's business editorial team, is promoted to second deputy editor-in-chief. He has headed the NZZ's business and stock market editorial team since 1994 and, together with the current deputy editor-in-chief and head of foreign affairs, Hansrudolf Kamer, will support the editor-in-chief in fundamental journalistic issues and conceptual work, according to a press release.
René Zeller, currently a member of the management team at Farner Consulting, is returning to the NZZ. As a member of the editorial board, Zeller will take over the newly created position of head of news/editor-in-chief. He will also work as an author, specializing in domestic politics. Before becoming a consultant, the 46-year-old gained many years of journalistic experience as an editor in the Zurich and domestic sections of the NZZ, as head of the NZZ federal parliament editorial department, as head of the domestic section at the NZZ am Sonntag and as head of the federal parliament at Swiss television.
In addition, the editorial team, which also includes Beat Brenner as coordinator, will be expanded to include Fredy Greuter, the editorial director of NZZ Online. This is intended to further strengthen cross-media cooperation between print and online.
The Project Development staff unit will be attached directly to the Editor-in-Chief and will be taken over by the Head of News Editing, Nicoletta Wagner.
According to the press release, the expansion of the editorial team is part of the company's ongoing journalistic development and to strengthen cross-media cooperation between print and online.
René Zeller, currently a member of the management team at Farner Consulting, is returning to the NZZ. As a member of the editorial board, Zeller will take over the newly created position of head of news/editor-in-chief. He will also work as an author, specializing in domestic politics. Before becoming a consultant, the 46-year-old gained many years of journalistic experience as an editor in the Zurich and domestic sections of the NZZ, as head of the NZZ federal parliament editorial department, as head of the domestic section at the NZZ am Sonntag and as head of the federal parliament at Swiss television.
In addition, the editorial team, which also includes Beat Brenner as coordinator, will be expanded to include Fredy Greuter, the editorial director of NZZ Online. This is intended to further strengthen cross-media cooperation between print and online.
The Project Development staff unit will be attached directly to the Editor-in-Chief and will be taken over by the Head of News Editing, Nicoletta Wagner.
According to the press release, the expansion of the editorial team is part of the company's ongoing journalistic development and to strengthen cross-media cooperation between print and online.
