Simon Bärtschi new member of the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Journalism Prize
The Board of Trustees of the Zurich Journalism Prize has elected Simon Bärtschi as a new member. The head of journalism at Tamedia succeeds Marco Boselli, who served on the Board of Trustees from 2020 to 2025. Bärtschi was editor-in-chief of the «Berner Zeitung» until April 2024 and has many years of experience in the Swiss media.
The Foundation Board of the Zurich Journalism Prize has elected Simon Bärtschi as a new member. He succeeds Marco Boselli, who served on the Board of Trustees from 2020 to 2025. Foundation Board President Hannes Britschgi explains: "We warmly welcome Simon Bärtschi and thank Marco Boselli for his dedicated work. He has helped shape the prize over the past few years with great expertise and passion."
Many years of experience in Swiss journalism
Simon Bärtschi is Head of Journalism at Tamedia. Until April 2024, he was Editor-in-Chief of the "Berner Zeitung" and the BZ/"Der Bund"/Thuner Tagblatt/Berner Oberländer editorial team in Bern. Before moving to Bern, he was a member of the editorial board of the "Tages-Anzeiger" and "SonntagsZeitung" in Zurich, previously deputy editor-in-chief and head of news at the "SonntagsZeitung" and editor at the "Aargauer Zeitung" in Baden.
After graduating as a teacher in Bern, Bärtschi studied geography and media studies at the University of Bern and later completed a leadership program at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York.
Major award for Swiss journalism
The Zurich Journalism Prize is one of the most important awards for outstanding journalism in Switzerland. This prize has been awarded for excellent contributions from print and online media since 1981. The main prizes are endowed with CHF 10,000 each, the newcomer prize with CHF 5,000. The foundation is sponsored by the media companies CH Media, NZZ, Ringier and Tamedia, with the support of other well-known partners.
The next award ceremony will take place on May 12, 2026 in Zurich. Entries for the 2026 competition are open to all German-language texts published in Switzerland in 2025. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2026.
More information: www.zh-journalistenpreis.ch.
