SRF: Christian Schmid appointed head of News Online division
On October 1, 2011, Christian Schmid will take over as head of SRF’s newly created News Online division. In this role, he will be responsible for the future joint online presence of the radio and television news divisions.
As head of News Online, Christian Schmid is responsible for the launch of SRF's convergent online news offering on the Internet, according to a statement Monday. The newly created division reports to SRF's two editors-in-chief. It includes the former online news teams of Schweizer Radio DRS and Schweizer Fernsehen.
Schmid has worked in journalism for 22 years. From 1991 to 2003, he worked in various capacities for Swiss Radio DRS, including as news and business editor and as correspondent for Western Switzerland and the Federal Parliament. He was then responsible for a media project in the field of development cooperation in cooperation with the UN and worked as head of news and deputy editor-in-chief of Swissinfo. Christian Schmid is currently responsible for the development and expansion of the new online editorial department of Axel Springer Switzerland's business media. Now 49, he graduated in law from the University of Zurich in 1987 and completed his basic training in journalism and a leadership course at the Maz in Lucerne. Schmid is also a trained mediator and has taken further training in the areas of organizational development and coaching.
