Two NZZ journalists honored with Oertli Prize
NZZ journalists Christophe Büchi and Roger Friedrich are being awarded the Oertli Prize for the bridges they have built across language barriers. The prize is endowed with 25,000 francs each.
Büchi and Friedrich had "for many years conveyed and made understandable to their readers, with great empathy as journalistic bridge-builders, the views and perspectives of the French- and Italian-speaking Swiss", the Oertli Foundation wrote in a statement on Thursday, according to SDA.
Born in Fribourg in 1952, Christophe Büchi lives and works in Lausanne. The essayist and author has been the NZZ's correspondent for French-speaking Switzerland since 2001. Roger Friedrich was editor of the NZZ for 33 years, including several years as correspondent for French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino.
The Oertli Foundation has been awarding its prize since 1976 for special activities aimed at building bridges across the Swiss language border. Winners have included the Zurich writer Charles Linsmayer, the former Federal Chancellor Achille Casanova, the cabaret artist Emil and the clown Dimitri.
Born in Fribourg in 1952, Christophe Büchi lives and works in Lausanne. The essayist and author has been the NZZ's correspondent for French-speaking Switzerland since 2001. Roger Friedrich was editor of the NZZ for 33 years, including several years as correspondent for French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino.
The Oertli Foundation has been awarding its prize since 1976 for special activities aimed at building bridges across the Swiss language border. Winners have included the Zurich writer Charles Linsmayer, the former Federal Chancellor Achille Casanova, the cabaret artist Emil and the clown Dimitri.
