Balz Rigendinger becomes Head of Editorial Switzerland at Swissinfo.ch

Balz Rigendinger comes from the Bernese newspaper BZ, where he has worked as head of the evening editorial team and foreign editor since 2012. The 45-year-old started his career in journalism as a high school student, became a local editor after graduating from high school and then studied photography at the Zurich University of the Arts. After graduating, he worked for various media in different roles, for example as a photographer at the Sonntagszeitung newspaper, as a reporter at Facts and as head of photography at Sonntagsblick. Rigendinger took on management roles from 2007, including as a member of the management team of the Ringier newsroom and as chief producer at Blick am Abend. Balz Rigendinger is the father of three children and lives in Biel.(ots)

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