Changes in the editorial team of Watson German-speaking Switzerland
The current members of the editorial board, Marius Egger and Martin Lüscher, will be leaving the news portal at the end of January; they will be succeeded by Corsin Manser and Leonard Helfenberger.
Current chief reporter Corsin Manser will be a new member of the editorial team at news portal Watson from February 1, 2024. The 35-year-old political scientist has worked at every Watson station since 2014, when he was taken on as a sports intern by the sports ticker and from there as a news editor on the news desk. He later moved to the reporter department, where he has been chief reporter since 2022.
Leonard Helfenberger, Head of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), will also be joining the editorial team at Watson German-speaking Switzerland. The 30-year-old historian will take up his post on March 1, 2024. Helfenberger also helped out on the newsdesk and in watson's reporter department during his studies, started in the Search Engine Optimization department in 2019 and took over its management in 2021.
Together with Editor-in-Chief Nadine Sommerhalder, Manser and Helfenberger will continue to drive forward the development and modernization of the news portal. Manser and Helfenberger will succeed the current members of the editorial board, Marius Egger and Martin Lüscher, who will be leaving Watson at the end of January and February respectively.
