Katja Murmann and Martina Frei switch to the Sonntagszeitung
Katja Murmann Amirhosseini becomes the new editor of the "Focus" section and is responsible for the "Abroad" section of the Sonntagszeitung. Martina Frei becomes editor in the "Knowledge" department.
Katja Murmann Amirhosseini joins the "Fokus" staff of the Sunday newspaper from the Tamedia publishing house on June 1, 2012 and will assume responsibility for the "Abroad" department, which until now has been headed by Matthias Halbeis. She replaces Nadja Pastega, who will take over as head of the "Fokus" department on April 1, 2012. Murmann is currently an editor at Sonntag. Previously, she was a reporter at Blick, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tages-Anzeiger and "Spiegel-TV.
Martina Frei will take over the position vacated by Sabine Olff in the "Knowledge" department on March 1, 2012. Frei studied human medicine, served as editor-in-chief of Tierwelt and also worked as an editor at Tages-Anzeiger, among other positions.
Furthermore, Matthias Halbeis will take over as Head of the "News" section from Oliver Zihlmann, who has taken over as Head of the Recherche Desk of Sonntagszeitung/Le Matin Dimanche, as of March 1, 2012. Reza Rafi is now Deputy Head of the "News" Department and Balz Spörri is Deputy Head of the "Focus" Department.
