20 Minutes: New Head of Department Video

Previously, he successfully built up and managed the video department of Keystone/AWP as editor-in-chief. Roland Schäfli has fourteen years of TV experience as a senior editor, has also appeared several times as a freelance author of TV programs and has been active in journalism since 1989.

The video team will also be reinforced by video editor Lorenz von Meiss. The 32-year-old will start at 20 Minuten on February 1, 2014. The qualified TV journalist previously worked as a VJ for Tagesanzeiger/Newsnet, among others. In addition, von Meiss has experience in online journalism and is currently completing his journalism training at the School of Applied Linguistics (SAL) in Zurich.

Game editor Philipp Stirnemann, known as "Ill-Fil," has been working in the Digital department since the beginning of January. From 2000 to the end of 2012, the 38-year-old was head of department, presenter, speaker and producer at Star TV. In this capacity, he was mainly responsible for the program "Game TV". Since 2003, he has been a columnist for "Game Tip" for 20 Minuten.

The Business Department has been strengthened by Yves Hollenstein since January 1, 2014. The 32-year-old from the Rhine Valley studied journalism and organizational communication at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW. Hollenstein has worked for SRF1 and SRF3, among others. Most recently, the family man worked in the media department of Liechtenstein's VP Bank.

In addition, the newsdesk is being strengthened. On January 1, 2014, 23-year-old Patricia Shams, who previously worked as an intern on the local news desk of 20 Minuten in Bern, started her new job. Christian Holzer will complete the newsdesk in February. The 27-year-old previously worked for a year as an editor on 20 Minuten's Bern editorial team. Before that, he completed an internship at Radio Capital FM in Bern.