Sonntagszeitung: New Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Andreas Kunz will be the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Sonntagszeitung. The 37-year-old was most recently deputy head of politics at the Blick Group.
He previously wrote for Weltwoche for five years until mid-2013. Kunz began his journalistic career in 2004 as a trainee at the Sonntagszeitung. In 2006, he moved to the news magazine Facts, returning to the Sonntagszeitung the following year as news editor. After training as a teacher, Kunz studied history and literature at the University of Basel. In 2006, he graduated from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW with a degree in journalism and organizational communication.
Simon Bärtschi, previously Deputy Editor-in-Chief, will take over as Head of Editorial Management for the expanded Editorial Board. Dominic Geisseler, Deputy Editor-in-Chief since 2010, will assume responsibility for editorial supplements.
New sheet architecture from 2014, Tagi cooperation to be expanded
From spring 2014, the Sunday newspaper will also be published with a renewed design and page architecture with six new newspaper bundles. The usual variety of topics will be retained, but at the same time the editorial team will increasingly focus on specific topics and simplify reader guidance with new topic bundles.
Bettina Weber, who most recently worked as Culture & Society Editor at the Tages-Anzeiger for more than four years, will take over as head of the newly designated Society section. The 39-year-old started her career in 2000 as a fashion and feature journalist at the fashion magazine Bolero, before joining the Sonntagszeitung as editor Trend in 2005. Before joining Tages-Anzeiger, Weber spent a year as head of the society section at Weltwoche.
Cooperation with the Tages-Anzeiger, with which the SonntagsZeitung has shared a sports section since its launch in 1987, is being expanded. A new competence center for data journalism at the Sonntagszeitung is being examined, which could also supply the Tages-Anzeiger with current infographics. Increased exchange between the two editorial teams, which will remain independent, is also to be examined for the topics of society and lifestyle, knowledge and culture.
