New heads at the Zurich Journalism Award
The Board of Trustees and the jury of the Zurich Journalism Prize (ZJP) were reconstituted as of July 1, 2011. After nine years of service, Board of Trustees President Christoph Born has stepped down. He will be replaced by Andrea Masüger.
Attorney-at-law Christoph Born led the ZJP Foundation for nine years He was recently bidden farewell by the Foundation Board in a festive ceremony and with thanks for his voluntary commitment. Andrea Masüger was elected as his successor as President of the Foundation Board.
Masüger, CEO of Südostschweiz Medien, thus moves from the ZJP jury to the president's chair. Manuela Nyffenegger (NZZ) has also withdrawn from the Board of Trustees, and former journalist and current communications consultant Kaspar Loeb has taken her place. Susanne Mühlemann, former journalist and current head of communications at Swiss International Airlines, is stepping down from the jury, which will continue to be chaired by Fredy Gsteiger (Radio DRS). Susan Boos (Editor-in-Chief of WOZ) and Alain Zucker (Tages-Anzeiger) are moving up to the jury. Both are to be elected at the Foundation Board meeting in September.
Thus, the ZJP foundation board and jury are complete again. In addition to those already named, Esther Girsberger (journalist) and David Strohm (NZZ am Sonntag) continue to be members of the Board of Trustees. Marco Meier (journalist and philosopher) and the journalist Margrit Sprecher also sit on the jury. Monika Menne continues to be in charge of the management.
