Top of the week: Peter Hartmeier is communicator of the month for May

Former Tagi editor-in-chief Peter Hartmeier has been named communicator of the month by Schweizer Werbung. According to the citation, part of his success can be attributed to his communication skills. For almost seven years, Peter Hartmeier has had the not-so-easy task of managing what is probably the country's edgiest newspaper editorial team. And this was after he had previously mainly headed up more like-minded business publications. Quite a few people gave the charismatic Schaffhausen native little chance of leading the heterogeneous personalities at Werdstrasse in a consistent direction. But the gifted communicator, who is said to have personally soothed disgruntled readers, proved all his critics wrong. One of the great talents of the outgoing editor-in-chief is undoubtedly his motivational power. His arguments seem to brook no argument, and his persuasiveness took the wind out of some people's sails. Hartmeier was also not afraid to use clear words, and he was also committed to unpopular topics with striking comments.