100 years of Schweizer Illustrierte
Schweizer Illustrierte will celebrate its 100th anniversary in December 2011. On Monday, September 19, SI will therefore kick off its anniversary coverage with a series of articles.
The magazine's ten decades are presented in ten parts on ten pages each. In addition, publisher Michael Ringier talks in an interview about his time at SI, as Ringier announced on Friday. He says that SI has made media history.
The first issue appeared on Dec. 9, 1911, at that time still under the name "Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung". It was Switzerland's first news illustrated paper and a weekly magazine from the start, Ringier adds. SI author Stephanie Ringel and photo editor Regula Siebenmann worked their way through all one hundred archive volumes and thousands of editorial pages over the past few weeks for the anniversary series, which will start next Monday. The result is a series that will bring national and international contemporary history to life and at the same time shed light on the life story of SI and its creators.
The series starts next Monday, September 19. Publisher Michael Ringier also gives an interview in the same issue and talks about his time as a journalist at Schweizer Illustrierte, reveals editorial secrets and SI's recipe for success.
