Roman Mezzasalma becomes new head of TV business editorial department
Starting in the fall of 2018, Roman Mezzasalma will head the business news department at SRF Television. He currently heads the news department at SRF Radio and will succeed Reto Gerber, who, as previously announced, will become the head of the new International News Department as part of the Newsroom project.
Roman Mezzasalma, 55, studied economics and business administration at the University of Bern and also holds a doctorate. From 1985 to 2001, he held various positions at Radio DRS. First as a presenter at DRS 3, then as an editor in the sports, business and domestic editorial departments, as well as a producer at "Echo der Zeit" and as a correspondent in San Francisco. This was followed by a lengthy detour to a major bank, where Roman Mezzasalma was Head of Internet, Video & Events and responsible for the Group website and Group-wide video production, among other things.
After nine years, Roman Mezzasalma returned to Radio SRF in 2010 and took over as head of the newsroom. Among other things, he was responsible for transforming a radio newsroom into a multimedia publishing newsroom. In 2016, Roman Mezzasalma also completed an EBU executive programme for media managers with a focus on "digitalization" at the IESE Business School in Barcelona and New York and at UCLA Anderson in Los Angeles.
Roman Mezzasalma will take over as head of the TV business editorial team in fall 2018. He succeeds Reto Gerber, who, as previously announced, will lead the new foreign specialist editorial team as part of the newsroom concept.
