New head of the French-language SDA editorial team
Beat Grossenbacher is to become the new deputy editor-in-chief and head of the French-language editorial team at the Swiss News Agency. The 50-year-old succeeds Marc-Henri Jobin, who will become a member of the extended SDA management board.
Beat Grossenbacher is to become the new deputy editor-in-chief and head of the French-language editorial team at the Swiss News Agency. The 50-year-old succeeds Marc-Henri Jobin, who will become a member of the extended SDA management board.
Grossenbacher, editor-in-chief of the Journal du Jura from 2001-2009, will join SDA in the fall of 2009. Before joining the Jura regional newspaper, he was deputy editor-in-chief and head of news at Radio Suisse Romande (RSR). At RSR, he initially worked as a correspondent in Delsberg, while at the same time carrying out this activity for French-speaking Swiss television.
Grossenbacher then worked as a correspondent for the cantons of Jura and Basel before moving to the head office in Lausanne as domestic editor, where he was appointed head of the regional editorial offices. Grossenbacher began his journalistic career with a stint at the Journal du Jura. He later moved to La Liberté in Fribourg as regional editor.
Grossenbacher is a board member of the Editors-in-Chief Conference and a member of the Press Council. He is also a lecturer at the Media Training Center of Western Switzerland
(CRFJ) in Lausanne.
Grossenbacher, editor-in-chief of the Journal du Jura from 2001-2009, will join SDA in the fall of 2009. Before joining the Jura regional newspaper, he was deputy editor-in-chief and head of news at Radio Suisse Romande (RSR). At RSR, he initially worked as a correspondent in Delsberg, while at the same time carrying out this activity for French-speaking Swiss television.
Grossenbacher then worked as a correspondent for the cantons of Jura and Basel before moving to the head office in Lausanne as domestic editor, where he was appointed head of the regional editorial offices. Grossenbacher began his journalistic career with a stint at the Journal du Jura. He later moved to La Liberté in Fribourg as regional editor.
Grossenbacher is a board member of the Editors-in-Chief Conference and a member of the Press Council. He is also a lecturer at the Media Training Center of Western Switzerland
(CRFJ) in Lausanne.
