Ringier School of Journalism: The 2011/12 course has started
The new Ringier School of Journalism course begins today, Monday, for 18 young journalists. They have successfully completed the admission process and will now be trained as journalists under the guidance of Ringier publicist Hannes Britschgi.
More than 250 interested parties applied for the renowned journalism training program offered by the Ringier media company following the call for applications in the spring - 18 ultimately passed all the knowledge, language and writing tests and started their one-year training on Monday, as detailed in a press release. The twelve women and six men will be trained as responsible journalists in a combination of theory and practice in a demanding school program with speakers from the domestic and foreign media industry. Ringier will cover the full costs of the training, pay a salary during the training year and, if possible, offer all of them a permanent position afterwards.
Ringier journalist Hannes Britschgi took over the management of the journalism school in January 2011. He is responsible for the completely revised teaching program. In addition to the traditional subjects, the focus is now on digital topics, which also have a strong influence on the course design.
The Ringier School of Journalism was founded in 1974. More than 300 journalists have successfully completed the school to date. The school is run by the Hans Ringier Foundation in Zofingen.
