Kurt Pelda is Journalist of the Year
War correspondent Kurt Pelda has been voted Swiss Journalist of the Year 2014 by the readers of the industry magazine Schweizer Journalist.
The 49-year-old reports for Weltwoche and Swiss radio and television SRF, among others. Pelda was also voted Reporter of the Year by his colleagues, according to a press release on Friday. He last reported from the civil war in Syria. Over 1200 people took part in the vote. They voted for the best in several sub-categories: Hansi Voigt from the online portal Watson was voted Editor-in-Chief of the Year. Stefan Schmid from the newspaper network Die Nordwestschweiz won the politics category, while Zoé Baches from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung won the business category. Among the award-winning journalists are also Christof Gertsch from NZZ am Sonntag (sport), Rico Bandle from Weltwoche (culture), Hanna Wick from SRF (science), Kurt Zimmermann from Weltwoche (column) and Christian Brönnimann from Tages-Anzeiger/Bund. Freelance journalist Luzia Tschirky was voted Newcomer of the Year. (SDA)
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