Barbara Loop becomes Editor-in-Chief of Annabelle
Barbara Loop, deputy editor-in-chief of Annabelle, will take over as editor-in-chief effective April 1, 2023. She succeeds Jacqueline Krause-Blouin, who is moving to Los Angeles with her family but will remain with Annabelle as an editor and writer for both print and online.
The new editor-in-chief Barbara Loop, as a member of the editorial board, has already Relaunch of Annabelle co-developed. Now she is to continue the magazine continuously, further develop the formats and strengthen the traditional role of the title as a forum and platform for the concerns of women, it says in a statement on Tuesday.
"We would like to thank Jacqueline Krause-Blouin for her successful collaboration and are delighted to have found the best possible successor in Barbara Loop," Valentin Kälin, co-owner of Medienart, is quoted as saying in the statement. "Thanks to her journalistic professionalism and leadership, Barbara Loop has proven in recent years that she is the ideal choice for us as editor-in-chief."
Loop is looking forward to her task: "Annabelle reaches beyond the boundaries of individual bubbles to people from the most diverse walks of life and in the most diverse positions. With socio-political debates and smart entertainment, with fashion series and reports, the Annabelle on the pulse of the times and a committed advocate for her readers. I am taking over from Jacqueline Krause-Blouin the management of a magazine that has never been fresher, bolder and more elegant - and a well-established team that I can rely on."
Barbara Loop joined the company in 2012 as a trainee in the reportage department. Annabelle and served as editor and head of lifestyle until she was promoted to deputy editor-in-chief in March of this year. A native of St. Gallen, she studied sociology, German language and literature, and economics in Basel and Paris, and completed diploma training in journalism at the MAZ in Lucerne. She is the mother of two daughters and lives with her family in Bern.
Jacqueline Krause-Blouin joined the company in 2015 as lifestyle editor. Annabelle, became deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief in 2019. She is moving to Los Angeles with her family next year and will remain with the magazine as an editor and writer. "I'm thrilled that my love story with Annabelle and I am convinced that the editorship is in the very best hands with my talented colleague Barbara Loop," says Krause-Blouin.
