Janique Weder becomes Head of News at the NZZ

In her new role, Janique Weder heads the News department and thus a central interface in the newsroom of the New Zurich Newspaper. In addition to her work in the daily news business, she and her team will work in conjunction with the other departments of the NZZ be responsible for the management of Nzz.ch. "Janique is highly valued both in the newsroom and throughout the editorial team. She has the leadership qualities and journalistic stature to lead the important news department," lets Eric Gujer, editor-in-chief of the NZZ, quote in a news release.

Since January 2018, Janique Weder has been chief of staff in the newsroom of the NZZ. In January 2020, she was appointed deputy head of the news department. Prior to that, she worked as an online editor at the St. Galler Tagblatt, where she initially completed a two-year traineeship. Janique Weder studied media and communication sciences at the University of Fribourg and business history and economics at the University of Zurich. Her education also included a semester of study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

The previous head of the news department, Tobias Ochsenbein, has decided to NZZ to leave the company. He will continue to head the department until the end of February and will then devote himself to new professional challenges, which is NZZEric Gujer, Editor-in-Chief, regrets this: "Tobias has been instrumental in establishing the news team in the company and has become an important driver in the implementation of the digital strategy and in the ongoing transformation process.

Ochsenbein joined the news editorial team of the NZZ in. In 2019, he took over as head of the then newly created news department.