Karin Müller becomes editor-in-chief of Telebasel
Karin Müller, a journalist known nationwide for her work on DRS 3, will become the new editor-in-chief of Telebasel. The 49-year-old native of Basel-Landschaft will succeed Willy Surbeck on November 1.
The delegation of the Foundation Board elected Karin Müller unanimously, as the Telebasel Foundation announced in a press release on Thursday. Her predecessor Willy Surbeck took early retirement at the end of August at the age of 59 after 18 years at the Basel local television station.
According to the press release, the new editor-in-chief impressed the three-member search committee and the election panel with her impressive and wide-ranging track record in the areas of media and communication. Karin Müller began her media career in 1988.
Alongside her studies, she worked as a presenter at a local radio station in Basel and then moved to Radio DRS 1 and 3. Further stages of her career included 3sat TV and the executive floors of Radios Pilatus in Lucerne and 24 in Zurich. Most recently, Karin Müller was Program Director of Hitradio RTL at BCS Sachsen in Dresden.
A new multi-channel strategy is currently being implemented at Telebasel. She is delighted to be able to contribute her experience from 25 years of media work to the station's management team, the new editor-in-chief is quoted as saying in the press release. Change and relaunch processes have always appealed to her.
Telebasel employs around 120 people. The station's offering comprises over 30 programs. Telebasel considers its daily news program 7 vor 7 to be its journalistic flagship (SDA).
