Sonia Arnal becomes new Editor-in-Chief of Femina
Effective September 1, Sonia Arnal will become the new editor-in-chief of Femina, the leading women’s magazine in French-speaking Switzerland, which reaches over 250,000 readers each week across all media channels with the latest trends in society, parenting, psychology, fashion, beauty, and travel. Sonia Arnal, currently deputy editor-in-chief of Le Matin Dimanche, will take over the position from Adelita Genoud, who has held it since 2012.
The appointment comes as part of a new editorial concept for the Femina brand, which will be implemented during the last quarter of 2017. The program is an integral part of the overarching project of a new Sunday offering - the quartet Le Matin Dimanche, Femina, encore! and Télétop Matin - designed to respond even better to readers' new consumption habits.
Sonia Arnal has more than 15 years of experience as a journalist. She has worked in the editorial department of Le Matin Dimanche since 2009, where she has been deputy editor-in-chief since 2012. Prior to that, she was notably employed at L'Hebdo. She holds an MBA degree, Finance and Management, from HEC Lausanne, and a licentiate in Humanities from the University of Lausanne (UNIL). She was awarded the "Prix Pascal-Arthur Gonet" in 2000 and jointly won the Jean Dumur Prize in 2006 for the Bondy Blog.
Fabian Muhieddine becomes deputy editor-in-chief of Le Matin Dimanche
As successor to Sonia Arnal on the editorial board of Le Matin Dimanche, Fabian Muhieddine will take up his new post as Deputy Editor-in-Chief on March 1, 2017. The 39-year-old has been a parliamentary reporter for Le Matin Dimanche in Bern since 2007, and has worked on its editorial staff since 2013. Previously, he worked for several newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland, such as 24 heures, La Tribune de Genève and Le Matin. He graduated in journalism from the Ecole Supérieure du Journalisme in Paris in 2002.
Tamedia's management would like to thank Adelita Genoud for her contribution to the Femina editor-in-chief since December 1, 2012. In more than four years, she has succeeded in repositioning the brand in a difficult market situation. The management wishes Sonia Arnal and Fabian Muhieddine every success in their new roles.
