NZZ expands correspondents' offices in Berlin

The expansion of the Berlin team is directly related to NZZ's expanded digital offering for the German market, which was launched at the end of June. Both Hansjörg Müller and Daniel Haas have proven expertise in their respective fields.

Hansjörg Müller has worked for the Swiss newspaper "Basler Zeitung" in various roles since 2011 - from 2011 to 2016 as political editor, then as correspondent in the UK. A graduate in history and German studies, he began his career in journalism during his school and university years with various internships, initially at the Esslinger newspaper and later in the political section of the "Basler Zeitung". Hansjörg Müller starts his new job for the New Zurich Newspaper in Germany on August 1, 2018.

From October 1, 2018, Daniel Haas is expected to report on social events in Germany for German readers from the German capital. Haas studied American and German studies and specializes in modern literature and hip-hop. He was first an advertising copywriter, then a freelance film and pop critic. From 2004 to 2010, Haas was culture editor at Spiegel Online and is best known for his column "Verstehen Sie Haas?". From 2010 to 2011, he was literary editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Most recently, he worked as a writer for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, FAZ, Focus and Cicero. Since 2014, Haas has been editor of the weekly newspaper The time.

With the expansion of the Berlin correspondent team and the extension of the digital Germany offering, NZZ wants to take account of the growing number of German users. Since the launch of the service package for the German market a year ago, access from Germany to NZZ.ch has risen by 22 percent and the number of subscribers from Germany is also increasing by an average of 20 percent per month, writes the NZZ.