Thomas Benkö becomes Head of Newsdesk at Heute

 Thomas Benkö, the current editor of the "Digital" section at Abendzeitung Heute, is being promoted to head of the newsdesk. He will take up the post as soon as his successor for the digital side has been appointed, as he told Werbewoche. The position of Head of Newsdesk is a newly created one: "After the launch of Heute, it only became clear over time which positions were needed," said Benkö. He has been part of the team at Ringier's commuter newspaper since the beginning. Before that, he wrote for Blick for six years and for the program magazine Tele for five years.