Press Council invites young journalists to meetings

The Swiss Press Council wants to invite young journalists to its meetings so that its opinions are given more consideration in the everyday life of the media. This measure by the Swiss watchdog of the press is a further reaction to a study conducted by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in 2008, which found the Council to be important, competent and fair, but at the same time criticized the fact that the body was unable to play its role as a compass for the industry due to its lack of presence in internal discussions within the sector.
The young journalists should be regularly invited to the meetings, which normally take place in front of closed doors. The visit should also serve as training for the young journalists. The first of these meetings took place on March 6 in Lausanne.