Markus Stein takes over new NZZ Video & TV department
To strengthen the moving-image segment, the NZZ Video and NZZ Format teams are being merged into a single department. Under the leadership of Markus Stein, the new «Video & TV» department began operations on October 1.
"By merging the two teams, we want to further strengthen the area of moving images and make better use of synergies between the teams that previously worked independently," says Tom Schneider, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Development and Technology, explaining the decision. "NZZ Format has been a firm part of the German-language television landscape for over 25 years, and our web video team NZZ Video will benefit from the great experience and networks it has built up. But of course, digitalization is not bypassing linear TV formats. In the development of format web videos and contemporary storytelling, NZZ Format will learn from the know-how of the NZZ Video team."
Stein heads new department
Markus Stein took over as head of the new "Video & TV" department on October 1. He has already headed the NZZ Video team since September 2018. He now also leads the team of the TV program NZZ Format. The head of NZZ Format ad interim, Andrea Wagner-Hauner, becomes deputy head of department Video & TV together with Jörg Walch, video editor NZZ.
Before joining the NZZ, Markus Stein worked for a long time in video and TV journalism. From 2009 to 2018, he was graphics editor at ZDF. For the news formats Heute and Heutejournal, he developed explanatory pieces and rooms in the virtual news studio. He was also heavily involved in the redesign of ZDF's late news program Heute+. Markus Stein studied visual communication at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. In his diploma thesis he dealt with the fusion of web and TV and the resulting effects on news formats.
