Ringier Romandie opens joint newsroom in Lausanne
Ringier Romandie launched the shared newsroom for the publications L'Hebdo, Le Temps, and Edelweiss today at its Lausanne location. 110 employees work in the new offices at Pont Bessières 3, in the heart of the city.
The planning, design and construction of the new state-of-the-art newsroom in Lausanne took around eight months, according to a statement. Since Monday, the publications L'Hebdo, Le Temps and Edelweiss with their respective online offerings have been produced from the new, modern, 1'500 square meter premises. Ten employees are responsible for reporting from the Calvin City from a new office in Geneva. With this significant investment in the new newsroom, Ringier is underlining its belief in the future of the titles produced from it.
In the future, the newsroom will be organized by sections instead of titles in order to create convergence within the publications. The newly created role of cross-title Editor-in-Chief Digital - in the person of Gaël Hurlimann - ensures a balance of print and online content, but underscores the high importance of online for Ringier. The weekly magazine L'Hebdo is headed by Editor-in-Chief Alain Jeannet, the daily newspaper Le Temps by Editor-in-Chief Stéphane Benoit-Godet, and the women's magazine Edelweiss by Alexandre Lanz. The journalistic independence and individual identity of the titles remain untouched.
Daniel Pillard, Managing Director Ringier Romandie: "Our newsroom is the first of its kind: With a daily newspaper, a weekly magazine and a women's magazine, publications with independent brands and different publication styles work closely together. The resulting exchange should enable the titles to offer their readers and online users even better reporting."
