SRF Head of Culture becomes MDR Program Director
As program director of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Nathalie Wappler, formerly head of cultural programming at SRF, will be responsible for TV, radio, and online programming in the areas of culture, youth, education, and knowledge starting in November 2016.
SRF will advertise the position of Head of the Culture Department internally and externally, according to a press release issued on Monday.
In his new role, Wappler will be responsible from November for the radio programs "Jump", "Sputnik", "MDR Klassik", "MDR Kultur. Das Radio", the MDR symphony orchestra, the MDR choirs, the trimedially organized cultural departments of radio and television as well as the MDR part of the new "Junges Angebot" of ARD/ZDF.
Nathalie Wappler has successfully established a trimedial culture department at SRF that stands for a contemporary concept of culture - on radio, television and the Internet. According to the press release, she leaves behind a very efficient department with highly qualified staff. The trimedial organization of the department and the established production processes have proven their worth.
SRF Director Ruedi Matter: "I am extremely sorry to lose Nathalie Wappler as Head of Culture and member of the SRF Executive Board. I very much enjoyed working with Nathalie and will miss her. I wish her all the best in her exciting new challenge. Her in-depth knowledge of the interaction between the three media will stand her in good stead in her newly created role at MDR."
SRF Head of Culture Nathalie Wappler has worked for Swiss television since 2005, first as editor and producer of "Kulturplatz" and from 2008 as editorial director of "Sternstunden". She began her professional career in 1996 as an editor for the 3sat format "Kulturzeit", after which she worked for ZDF's "aspekte" and "Berlin Mitte", among others.
