Dominique Strebel becomes new director of studies at Maz
Maz has appointed journalist Dominique Strebel as the new co-director of the journalism degree program. He succeeds program director Rolf Wespe, who is retiring this fall.
Dominique Strebel works as an editor for the Beobachter magazine and as a book author. He is co-founder and president of the association Investigativ.ch, the Swiss research network and project manager of the Beobachter whistleblower platform. With this choice, the Maz is also underlining the importance of research in journalistic education and training, according to a Maz press release on Friday.
Dominique Strebel previously worked as an editor, producer and managing director of the magazine Plädoyer and as a federal court correspondent for Swiss Radio DRS. He has received several journalism awards, including the Zurich Journalism Prize in 2011 and the Media Prize of the Swiss Bar Association in 2009.
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