Swiss writing scene: Six new graduates

The best graduates, with the rating "outstanding achievement" (summa cum laude), are Elisabeth Frey, Communications Manager at Haworth Switzerland, and Manuela Gili Sidler, who works as a freelance journalist. The Dipl. Texter/in Schreibszene Schweiz course lasts one year and is held in Zurich and Bern. The first module can be completed in Basel and Lucerne. Text professionals Paul Girard from Girardtext and Stefan Meier, alias Direktmeier, have been appointed to head the examination board. The next course starts in Bern in February 2010.