Daniel Pünter leaves SBB and returns to SRF as Head of Division
Daniel Pünter, currently Head of Media Office at SBB, is returning to SRF to become Head of Documentary and Reportage. He will take up his new position in August 2017.
After graduating in history, German studies and journalism, Daniel Pünter worked at TeleZüri/Tele24 as a reporter, editorial manager and finally as program director. He began his career at Swiss Television in 2001 as a trainer and editor/reporter on the program "Rundschau". On behalf of SRF, Daniel Pünter worked as a trainer and project manager for the private broadcaster Sat.1 in 2003. He implemented video journalism in the channel's current affairs programs in several German studios. He has also worked as a trainer for ARD, ZDF and a community TV station in Soweto, South Africa.
In 2004, Daniel Pünter was responsible for developing a new daily people format for SRF. As editorial director of "Glanz & Gloria" and "G&G Weekend", he established the programs as a successful and popular brand. After four years, he took over the editorial management of "Schweiz aktuell" in 2008. In addition to the daily programme, which reports from all language regions and cantons, he and his team produced several summer documentary series with Sabine Dahinden as presenter. Equally successful topics, which were sometimes the subject of controversial public debate, were: "Die Alpenfestung - Leben im Réduit" (2008), "Anno 1914" (2014) and most recently "A1 - Die Raststätte" (2015).
After a total of 15 years at SRF, Daniel Pünter moved to SBB in 2015 to head up the media office there from spring 2016. In this role, he was responsible for SBB's external media communication in three language regions and made a daily contribution to the central public service. Daniel Pünter will be Head of Documentaries and Reports at SRF from August 2017. He succeeds Marius Born, who left SRF at the end of 2016.
Stefan Charles, Head of the Culture Department: "I am extremely pleased that Daniel Pünter, a proven journalist with a great track record, will be the new Head of SRF Dok. With its award-winning documentaries and reports, DOK enjoys an outstanding reputation in Switzerland and internationally. As a long-standing employee at SRF, Daniel Pünter has already made a significant contribution to the success of various formats with a great deal of foresight, know-how, creativity and a flair for good topics. I am convinced that, with his great sense of responsibility, he will continue to develop the Dok division in a positive direction and set new trends."
Daniel Pünter: "For me, documentaries and reports are pearls in my everyday television life and the supreme discipline of television journalism. I am therefore really looking forward to my new task of informing and moving our audience with gripping stories and relevant topics. In the highest quality."
