Maz awards 41 journalism diplomas
According to Watson founder Hansi Voigt, the 41 journalists who were awarded the Maz diploma on April 16, 2015, "still have the most beautiful job in the world."
It's about gravediggers, circumcisers and sexologists; about nuns, Yenish and marmots; about hedge fund managers, prostitutes and professional soccer players - the final theses of the diploma students cover a broad spectrum. Now they have been rewarded for their work: after two years of study, 41 young journalists received the Maz diploma yesterday, April 16, 2015. Almost all of them have a permanent position in an editorial office after graduation.
Hansi Voigt, editor-in-chief of Watson, said in his keynote speech that even if journalists currently suffer from a bad image - society "will not get along without people who are committed to the truth." The generation now graduating, Voigt said, would take advantage of opportunities that the journalistic generations before them "didn't even begin to see." Despite currently rampant "collective cynicism," "You still have the most beautiful profession in the world," Voigt called out to the graduates.
Completed the diploma training in journalism (in parentheses the editorial offices of the traineeship): Camilla Alabor (Zürcher Oberländer), Jonas Baud (Kleintiere Schweiz), Simon Binz (Solothurner Zeitung), Tanja Bircher (20 Minuten), Serena Bonomi (SDA), Oliver Bosse (March-Anzeiger), Denise Bucher (Magazin Tages-Anzeiger), Seraina Degen (Basler Zeitung), Elia Diehl (Aargauer Zeitung), Evelyne Fischer (Willisauer Bote), Sabina Galbiati (Aargauer Zeitung), Dominik Galliker (Berner Zeitung), Patrick Gasser (Jungfrau Zeitung), Daniel Graf (Südostschweiz), Peter Hanselmann (Radio Top), Kerstin Hasse (Bündner Tagblatt), Seraina Hess (Rheintaler Bote), Raffaela Heusser (Höfner Volksblatt), Marielle Käser (Radio 32), Salome Kern (Winterthurer Stadtbote), Simon Knopf (Tages-Anzeiger), Silja Kornacher (Migros Magazin), Karin Leuppi (Radio 32), Andrea Moser (Radio Munot), Fabio Müller (Bundeshausradio), Janine Müller (Aargauer Zeitung), Marco Pescio (Liechtensteiner Volksblatt), Raphael Reichen (Radio Pilatus), Isabelle Riederer (20 Minuten; a&w Verlag), Mireille Rotzetter (Freiburger Nachrichten), Marlon Rusch (Schaffhauser AZ), Lynn Scheurer (Tages-Anzeiger), Michelle Schwarzenbach (Schweizer Familie), Sarah Serafini (Aargauer Zeitung), Larissa Tschudi (sda), Michel Venetz (Walliser Bote), Linda von Burg (Inside-it.ch), Matthias von Wartburg (Energy Bern), Reto Wattenhofer (SDA), Simon Widmer (SonntagsZeitung), Christian Zürcher (Tages-Anzeiger).
