Well-known reinforcement of the NZZ editorial team

As part of the strategic investment in high-quality journalism and the consistent digitization of content offerings, the NZZ editorial team is being strengthened with experienced journalists. In addition, the newsroom is being further expanded in order to respond even better to customer needs and market developments, both digitally and in print.

Colette Gradwohl, most recently Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of the Winterthur "Landbote" and former Head of the Information Department at Radio DRS, will assume responsibility for the print/replica journalistic product as Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

Christoph Fisch, who is currently head of news and editor in the sports department of the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" and who also has a very varied journalistic career, including as a newspaper editor, is now her deputy.

Peer Teuwsen is moving from Zeit in Hamburg to Zurich. He most recently oversaw the Hamburg edition and was previously head of the Swiss edition of Zeit. Starting in the fall, he will be responsible for developing journalistic products at NZZ, with a focus on magazines and the long tail.

Peter Sennhauser, who can look back on a long international career as a journalist, online developer and project manager, will now be responsible for the journalistic product at NZZ.ch. He has worked for the Blogwerk agency and "Tageswoche," among others.

Thomas Stamm will be responsible for the NZZ's mobile offerings in the future. Like Sennhauser, Stamm will join the newsroom's management board. He was most recently head of news in the business department and in this role was already intensively involved with digitization, among other things.

The former editor-in-chief of the news agency AP Switzerland, Balz Bruppacher, will strengthen the editorial team in the area of training and quality assurance. In addition, he will work as an author in his traditional areas of expertise, especially in the field of business.

Jeroen van Rooijen returned to the NZZ a few weeks ago. He strengthens the lifestyle section with contributions for the digital channels and for the NZZ lifestyle platform on Facebook. He will also soon be appearing with a regular print column.

Michael Fleischhacker, former editor-in-chief of the "Presse" in Austria and one of the most prominent journalists in the neighboring country, has also been working for the NZZ for several weeks. He is overseeing the project to expand the language-regional offering in Austria.

The NZZ newsroom will also receive professional support from four front-end programmers and interactive designers. There will also be more staff in community management, the newsroom and the Opinion & Debate department, which will be expanded under the leadership of Martin Senti, the former Deputy Head of Domestic Affairs, and supplemented by a digital presence.

Starting in the summer, the editorial team of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung will gradually be organized into three areas; at the center, under the leadership of the responsible department heads, will remain the specialist editorial teams as guarantors of the highest content quality. The expanded newsroom will remain under the leadership of Luzi Bernet as deputy editor-in-chief and head of news. He will continue to be assisted by Anja Grünenfelder as his deputy. All activities that perform cross-sectional functions or are necessary for digital coverage over 20 hours per 7 days will be concentrated in the newsroom. Thirdly, existing and new offerings are produced or developed under the direction of the respective product managers.