SRF: Anina Barandun becomes Head of Radio Drama and Satire
Anina Barandun, 45, will become the new editorial director for radio drama and satire in early 2013. She will succeed Fritz Zaugg, who has headed the editorial department since 2001 and will retire in February 2013.
Anina Barandun studied German and Italian literature at the University of Bern and wrote a dissertation on Gottfried von Strassburg, as SRF reported in a press release on Wednesday. After completing her studies, she worked as an editor at Zytglogge Verlag, was managing director of the Cultural Commissions of the Canton of Bern, dramaturge and art mediator. Before joining Swiss Radio DRS in 2005, she was scientific assistant to the general director at the Nuremberg State Theater. As a satire editor at SRF, she focuses on cabaret and cabaret from Switzerland and has already produced a large number of elaborate live programs.
