Stefan Senn new program director at TeleBielingue

 
Stefan Senn is to become the new program director of the Biel-based regional television station TeleBielingue. His predecessor Karin Rickenbacher is moving to the Biel-Lyss adult education center at the end of June. Senn is no stranger to Biel: The 53-year-old worked as an editor at the Bieler Tagblatt from 1981 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1990, where he was responsible for the Seeland, City of Biel and Economy and Consumption sections. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief of the Touring-Zeitung of the Touring Club of Switzerland (TCS). After a commercial apprenticeship, Senn trained in England, California and at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Fribourg. In 1992, he completed the higher professional examination as a public relations consultant at the Swiss Public Relations Institute in Zurich. According to the press release, Senn's main task is to successfully master the numerous new framework conditions of the expected concession.