Zurich Press Association appoints David Strohm as President
The Zurich Press Association has elected a new board of directors. The association, which, with approximately 1,400 members, is the largest regional professional organization for media professionals in Switzerland, elected David Strohm as its new president at its general meeting.
The Zurich Press Association has renewed its board. The largest regional professional organization of media professionals in Switzerland, with around 1,400 members, elected David Strohm as its new president at its general meeting. In addition, two new members, Annette Müller and Dagmar Appelt, were elected to the board.47-year-old David Strohm is business editor at the NZZ am Sonntag. The new ZPV President also represents the Zurich Press Association on the Board of Trustees of the Zurich Journalism Prize Foundation. Annette Müller, 28, is a freelance journalist and writes for the Tages-Anzeiger and Annabelle, among other publications. Dagmar Appelt, 49, has been editor of the Landbote in Winterthur since the beginning of 2008. Her field of activity is regional reporting.
Together with the umbrella organization Impressum, the Zurich Press Association will soon open a contact point for media professionals in the city center of Zurich. The office will be headed by Impressum Central Secretary Salva Leutenegger. Imprint wants to strengthen its presence in Zurich's media center with this step, which comes on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the professional organization.
Picture: The new ZPV board with Daniel Krähenbühl, Dagmar Appelt, Bernard Sutter, Barbara Weber-Ruppli, David Strohm, Annette Müller, Christian Maurer and Dominik Stroppel.
