Catherine Thommen returns temporarily as "Schweiz aktuell" presenter
Starting in July 2018, Catherine Thommen will stand in for Katharina Locher as an anchor and editor on «Schweiz aktuell» while she is on maternity leave. She will also fill the vacancy created at the regional magazine by Otmar Seiler’s move to the private sector.
The Basel-based presenter previously hosted "Schweiz aktuell" from August 2011 to September 2014. Her new presenting role is expected to last until the end of 2018.
Catherine Thommen began her journalistic career at the youth and culture station Radio X. Further stations in her career were Telebasel, Radio Basel 1 and tpc. In 2006, she completed an internship at the BBC's consumer protection program "Watchdog" in London. From August 2011 to September 2014, Catherine Thommen was a presenter and editor at "Schweiz aktuell". From October 2014 to January 2015, she worked for "Tagesschau" and "10vor10". After that, she worked as a freelance journalist for SRF on a project-by-project basis.
Catherine Thommen: "I made a conscious decision to switch behind the camera in the fall of 2014 and would have been working temporarily as a reporter for "Schweiz aktuell" this summer. When I was asked to fill in as a presenter, I was happy to accept in order to temporarily relieve the existing team of presenters."
