NZZ: Christoph Fisch becomes Head of Production
The production editorial department of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung is becoming a separate division. Christoph Fisch, who previously served as the newspaper's daily editor, will head the new division.
Christoph Fisch will become Head of Production as of May 1, 2016. He will take over the management of the production editorial team from Colette Gradwohl, deputy editor-in-chief and head of the weekend edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. The upgrading of the production editorial team to a separate department reflects the importance of the final editorial team for the newspaper.
Christoph Fisch has been working for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung for twenty years. He started out as a service editor in the Zurich section and then became sports editor for many years. His reports on cycling, doping and the socio-political significance of sport, particularly in the USA, stand out from this period. From October 2014, he was a member of the project team for the relaunch of the NZZ last August and was responsible for other print and e-paper projects. Christoph Fisch has been daily manager since 2015. He will continue in this role and will also continue to be involved in the planning, design and editing of the Weekend Bund, which is published on Fridays.
Fisch was born in Zurich in 1961. After an exchange year in San Francisco, he studied German, Romance languages and literature and journalism in Zurich. He then worked as a journalist for the Tages-Anzeiger and as a freelance foreign correspondent in Canada before joining the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1996. Fisch is the father of three grown-up sons.
