Radio DRS: Rolf Hieringer becomes head of the regional editorial offices
The Board of Directors of SRG Deutschschweiz has appointed Rolf Hieringer, head of the news department at Schweizer Radio DRS, as head of the Regional News Departments division. The 41-year-old will take over on November 1, 2009, succeeding Iso Rechsteiner, who replaced Walter Rüegg as director of SR DRS at the beginning of this month.
Rolf Hieringer will hold his new position for a limited period until the merger of SR DRS and Schweizer Fernsehen, as the company announced on Monday. In this role, he will be responsible for the journalistic, personnel and financial management of the regional editorial offices. These produce the SR DRS regional journals and supply DRS 1, DRS 2, DRS 3 and the SR DRS information programs with regional information. The department has around 80 employees. The heads of the six regional journals report to the Head of Regional Editorial Offices.
Hieringer studied history in Zurich and graduated from journalism school in St. Gallen. He has worked for Schweizer Radio DRS since 1993. He was initially editor of the regional journal for Eastern Switzerland for six years, then spent two years as a producer at Rendez-vous in Bern. For two years he reported from the Middle East as a foreign correspondent. He later returned to Bern to manage the new Info3 program. He has been head of the SR DRS newsroom since 2005.
Hieringer studied history in Zurich and graduated from journalism school in St. Gallen. He has worked for Schweizer Radio DRS since 1993. He was initially editor of the regional journal for Eastern Switzerland for six years, then spent two years as a producer at Rendez-vous in Bern. For two years he reported from the Middle East as a foreign correspondent. He later returned to Bern to manage the new Info3 program. He has been head of the SR DRS newsroom since 2005.
