The 34-year-old Strasser has a sound academic background. After studying history and media studies in Basel, he completed a bilingual Master's degree in European Studies at the University of Fribourg. He began his journalistic career as a freelance journalist for various print and online media in Switzerland and abroad. He later became a parliamentary correspondent for private radio stations before joining Swiss Radio and Television in 2019. He currently works as a domestic editor at Radio SRF.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Strasser is also committed to supporting young professionals. From 2016 to 2018, he chaired the "Young Journalists Switzerland" network, which he helped to set up.

"The coming years will be formative for relations between Switzerland and the European Union. It is a great privilege to be able to critically accompany this phase for the SRF audience on location in Brussels," says Matthias Strasser about his new role.

Susanne Brunner, Head of International Editor-in-Chief Audio/Digital, emphasizes: "Matthias Strasser has everything you need for an EU correspondent: in-depth knowledge of Europe and the EU and a high level of motivation to make complex issues understandable to a broad audience."