David Egger becomes new editor-in-chief of the Limmattaler Zeitung
David Egger will take over as Editor-in-Chief of the Limmattaler Zeitung as of March 1, 2018. Editor-in-chief Bettina Hamilton-Irvine is leaving the newspaper at the end of February to set up her own business.
The 39-year-old Hamilton-Irvine had worked since 2008 for the Limmattaler Newspaper active. As editor, later as deputy editor-in-chief and in the past two years as editor-in-chief. According to the press release, she was very passionate about regional journalism and the newspaper. In the future, she will continue to provide occasional page-turning services for the newspaper's cover section.
His successor, David Egger, is a talented journalist who has been with AZ Medien for four years and has worked for two years as an editor at the Limmattaler Newspaper works. The 28-year-old grew up in Freiamt, earned his first money as a newspaper carrier and studied philosophy and German at the University of Bern. He wrote for the Wohler Scoreboard and worked for the student magazine of the University of Bern. Egger completed the diploma course at the MAZ media training center in Lucerne. He will assume the function of Editor-in-Chief of the Limmattaler Newspaper take over on March 1, 2018.
Sandro Zimmerli has been Deputy Editor-in-Chief since December 2017. The 39-year-old journalist joined the company as editor in 2007. Limmattaler Newspaper. Zimmerli has already taken on responsibility as a sheet maker in recent years.
