SRF radio presenter Nicoletta Cimmino is Journalist of the Year 2019
SRF radio host Nicoletta Cimmino was voted Journalist of the Year 2019 in an online poll. Cimmino, who hosts the program «Echo der Zeit,» received 31.2 percent of the total votes.
For her work, the 45-year-old native of Biel received the attributes "serious, unagitated, critical, reflective and authentic," as the industry magazine Swiss journalist announced on Tuesday. Cimmino has worked for Swiss Radio since 2004.
The journalists voted Maurice Thiriet from the online portal Watson. Thiriet received around a third of the votes. Around 800 people took part in the online survey.
