Markus Häfliger is Journalist of the Year
Markus Häfliger, head of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung’s Federal Parliament bureau, has been voted «Swiss Journalist of the Year 2015» by the readers of the industry magazine *Schweizer Journalist*. Häfliger uncovered the “Kazakhstan Affair” in 2015.
He was able to document well how Kazakh politicians loyal to the regime were able to influence politics in Switzerland via Swiss lobbyists and politicians, according to a press release issued on Monday. The 45-year-old Häfliger will move to the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper next year. The election for Journalist of the Year took place for the eleventh time. A total of 1867 people cast their votes - a record number. The best in several sub-categories were also voted for. After 2014, Hansi Voigt from the online portal Watson was once again voted Editor-in-Chief of the Year. SRF journalist Jonas Projer won in the politics category and Philipp Löpfe (Watson) in the business category. Readers voted freelance journalist Lukas Bärfuss as cultural journalist of the year. The award-winning journalists also include Christof Gertsch from NZZ am Sonntag (Sport), Thomas Knellwolf from Tages-Anzeiger (Researcher), Peter Schneider from SRF/Sonntagszeitung (Column) and Constantin Seibt from Tages-Anzeiger (Reporter). Hazel Brugger, who writes columns for Das Magazin, was voted Newcomer of the Year. (SDA)
