ORF: New Switzerland correspondent based in Austria
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) has appointed 52-year-old Raphaela Stefandl as its new correspondent for Switzerland. Unlike her predecessor, Carola Schneider, who is based in Zurich, Stefandl will be based in Dornbirn, Austria.
Reporting on Switzerland from Vorarlberg will "certainly work", explained ORF Head of Correspondents Roland Adrowitzer on Wednesday when asked by the APA news agency. He referred to today's technical possibilities - in addition, Stefandl would "of course go over there again and again".
The decision to appoint Stefandl was based on her extensive experience, said Adrowitzer. Born in Feldkirch, Stefandl began her ORF career in radio in 1978. Most recently, she was deputy editor-in-chief of the ORF Vorarlberg regional studio and presenter of the TV program "Vorarlberg heute". Stefandl will take up her position as correspondent in Switzerland at the turn of the year. The current Switzerland correspondent Schneider will move to Moscow on October 31, shortly after the federal elections on October 23. (SDA)
