Erwin Schmid replaces Hanspeter Trütsch in the Federal House of Parliament
Erwin Schmid will join the SRF TV Federal Parliament editorial team on January 1, 2018. He succeeds Hanspeter Trütsch, who will take his well-deserved retirement at the end of January 2018 after more than 40 years with SRG.
Hanspeter Trütsch has shaped reporting from the Federal Parliament for 28 years (6 in radio, 22 in television): with great commitment, his knowledge and his presence on screen. He is now retiring on February 1, 2018 at the age of 65. "I would like to thank Hanspeter most sincerely for his decades of dedication, his humanity and his collegiality," says Christoph Nufer, Editorial Director of SRF TV Bundeshaus. A tribute to Hanspeter Trütsch's work will follow later.
Erwin Schmid is returning to Switzerland at the end of the year after ten years as a foreign correspondent in Vienna (Eastern Europe) and Barcelona (Iberia and Maghreb) and as a regular special correspondent for SRF in many crisis regions. Schmid already worked as an editor in the Federal Parliament from 2001 to 2006. Schmid, an environmental scientist, has a very sound knowledge of international and national politics. The new Federal Parliament editorial team will be able to benefit from this.
Christoph Nufer, Head of the Federal Parliament editorial team, said in a press release: "I am delighted to be able to appoint Erwin Schmid, one of the most experienced journalists at SRF, to work in federal Bern."
