Karen Schärer becomes editor-in-chief of We Parents

Karen Schärer has been working for the "az Aargauer Zeitung" since completing her studies. She started as a trainee in 2004 and then moved to the domestic department as an editor. Since 2013, she has been deputy department head of "Leben&Wissen" and since 2011 has also been a freelancer for Wir Eltern. According to the press release, she studied English literature and linguistics, Nordic literature, communication and media studies at the University of Basel. During her studies, she was an intern at the Aargauer Zeitung and Seventeen magazine in New York as well as a freelancer for various publications and research projects. In 2006, she completed the in-service diploma course at Maz (The Swiss School of Journalism). Schärer is married and has two children. She starts her job on Sept. 1, 2014.