Maz: New Deputy Director
Beatrice Brenner is the new deputy director of the Swiss School of Journalism (Maz) in Lucerne. She will succeed Heiner Käppeli, Maz’s long-time academic director, in November 2012.
Käppeli is retiring. Beatrice Brenner is a communications advisor to Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann and was editor-in-chief of the Axel Springer magazine IO Management. She also previously worked as an editor at Finanz und Wirtschaft and as Head of Communications for the Infrastructure Division at SBB.
At Maz, Brenner will head the Communications department and help shape the further development of the institution as a member of the Executive Board. This was announced by the School of Journalism on Wednesday.
There was also a change on the Maz Board of Trustees. Daniel Suter, President of Impressum, replaces Anne-Regula Keller. Martin Spieler replaces Catherine Duttweiler as representative of the Swiss Conference of Editors-in-Chief and Thomas Kropf succeeds Franz Zölch as lecturer representative.
