SF: Hansjörg Schultz new host of "Sternstunde Religion
Hansjörg Schultz, SRF’s editor-in-chief for religion, will become the new host of «Sternstunde Religion.» Alongside lead host Judith Hardegger, the 57-year-old will host the programs and continue to oversee SRF’s religious radio programming.
Schultz studied politics, history and philosophy and has worked full-time as a journalist for 34 years. In addition to newspaper positions in Stuttgart, Hamburg and as a correspondent at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Schultz worked at the former SWF in Baden-Baden and has been with Swiss Radio DRS in Basel since 1995. For 15 years, he was head of the society department at DRS 2, which primarily includes the weekly program "Kontext". For the past year, Schultz has been head of the religion department at SRF and is one of the presenters of the DRS 2 program "Musik für einen Gast". He will continue to hold these positions. The long-standing "Sternstunde Religion" presenter Brigitta Rotach is ending her commitment to Swiss radio and television.
Hansjörg Schultz will hold his first discussion with theologian Norbert Reck on Sunday, May 1, 2011, on the topic "Where was God in Auschwitz?".
