Markus Gilli is Swiss Journalist of the Year
Markus Gilli has been named Journalist of the Year for 2013. Readers of the industry magazine *Schweizer Journalist* voted the head of Tele Züri and host of «Sonntalk» as their top choice.
Gilli had "established himself as the country's most important political talk show host despite the disadvantage of a small regional station", according to the explanatory statement. A total of 1643 participants from the media industry took part in the ninth edition of the vote, more than ever before. "We are delighted with the good response," said Editor-in-Chief Markus Wiegand, while also noting that mobilization via social media had no influence on the result. "We only allow votes from the media industry and check that each participant only votes once."
The Tages-Anzeiger once again won the "Editor of the Year" category. SRF took second place ahead of Schweiz am Sonntag.
Business Journalist of the Year: Hansueli Schöchli (NZZ)
Columnist of the Year: Constantin Seibt (Tages-Anzeiger)
Newcomer of the year: Konrad Weber (SRF)
The Swiss journalist honors journalists in a total of 11 categories. All the winners can be found in the current issue.
