Pierre Ruetschi becomes Editor-in-Chief of the Tribune de Genève

Pierre Ruetschi, deputy editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Tribune de Genève, will be promoted to editor-in-chief on October 16. He replaces Dominique von Burg (see ), who in future only wants to work for the local editorial office, as the publishing house Edipresse announced on Monday.Ruetschi began his journalistic career at the Associated Press news agency in Bern after studying politics. In 1984, he began working for the Tribune de Genève in the Switzerland section. At the age of 33, he became deputy editor-in-chief of the paper, but went to Washington in 1995 as a correspondent for the Tribune and for 24 Heures. On his return, he stopped briefly at Edipresse online before returning to work in the editorial office of the Geneva daily. Over the past three years, he has been responsible for various projects. The Tribune de Genève has a circulation of 67,151 copies and a readership of over 175,000, according to a press release.