Marianne Gilgen new head of election coverage

Marianne Gilgen has been working for SF DRS, SF and SRF since 1990. At the beginning, she worked for four years as an editor at the "Tagesschau". After that, she helped develop and launch the magazine "Lipstick" for a year. From 1995 to 2001, Marianne Gilgen reported as a correspondent for SRF - first from the Bern Fribourg Valais region, then from Ticino and Italy. In the fall of 2001, Marianne Gilgen moved to the editorial department of "Arena", which she took over at the end of 2007. For 13 years, she played a key role in shaping "Arena" with presenters Patrick Rohr, Urs Leuthard, Reto Brennwald, Sonja Hasler and Urs Wiedmer. Since 2004, Marianne Gilgen has also produced and been responsible for broadcasts on major domestic political events such as Federal Council elections and national votes. For the national elections, she was responsible for the pre-election coverage.

At the end of October 2014, Marianne Gilgen will relinquish her position as head of "Arena" and take over overall management of SRG's coverage of the federal parliamentary elections on October 18, 2015. She will continue to perform her duties as producer of the Federal Council elections and the national voting broadcasts on SRF. Marianne Gilgen: "As election director, I am organizing SRF's twelve-hour live broadcast of the 2015 elections on the one hand, and coordinating the election coverage of radio, television and online of all SRG media in all language regions for SRG on the other. An organizational challenge. It's precisely this and the collaboration across language borders that excites me about this new task."