Larissa Bieler new Editor-in-Chief of Swissinfo

As Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha RTR reported on Monday evening. wrote, Bieler, who will be editor-in-chief of the Bündner Tagblatt until the end of October 2015, will become Swissinfo's new editor-in-chief. She was with the Bündner Tageszeitung for 13 years and announced her resignation last week (Werbewoche.ch reported). Bieler succeeds Christophe Giovannini, who left the SRG news and information platform at the end of February (Werbewoche.ch reported). Since then, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Reto Gysi von Wartburg has taken over responsibility for Swissinfo.

Larissa M. Bieler studied German, economics and politics at the University of Zurich. Before and after study visits to Paris and Mannheim, she worked as a freelancer for the Bündner Tagblatt and various Grisons media. On June 22, SRG's Board of Directors, acting on a proposal from Director General Roger de Weck, elected Larissa Bieler as the new Editor-in-Chief of SWI Swissinfo.ch.

SWI Swissinfo.ch is aimed at an international audience as well as the Swiss abroad. The platform reports in ten languages on current events in Switzerland. The content focuses on information in the fields of politics, business, culture, society and science. (hae/pd/SDA)