New media officer for the canton of Lucerne
Andreas Töns will become the new media liaison for the Canton of Lucerne effective September 1, 2010. He will succeed Urs Käch, who is retiring at the end of 2010.
Andreas Töns has held senior positions at the Neue Luzerner Zeitung for the past ten years, where he has been responsible for the Canton of Lucerne section since 2008. In the 1990s, he worked for various media in Central Switzerland, most recently as deputy editor-in-chief of the Boten der Urschweiz in Schwyz. Before and after this position, he taught German and English at various school levels. Andreas Töns is 42 years old, holds a doctorate in German studies and lives in Lucerne.
