Tamedia Editorial Office: Boss and Binswanger take over management positions
As of July 1, 2021, Catherine Boss will take over as co-head of the research desk of the Tamedia editorial department and will lead it together with Oliver Zihlmann. As of August 1, 2021, Michèle Binswanger will join Philippe Zweifel as co-head of the Life department, which comprises the Knowledge, Culture, Service and Society teams.
Michèle Binswanger and Catherine Boss succeed Bettina Weber and Thomas Knellwolf, who have both decided to take on new roles internally. Bettina Weber will continue as a writer for the SonntagsZeitung write. Thomas Knellwolf moves to Tamedia's Federal House team.
Michèle Binswanger is currently a writer at the Tamedia editorial office. She made her beginnings at the Basel Newspaper as an editor for electronic music. This was followed by positions at Facts, Newsnet and Tages-Anzeiger. In 2009 she started the mamablog of the Tages-Anzeiger and was honored for this in 2010 by the industry magazine Swiss journalist as Journalist of the Year. She has also been named Society Journalist of the Year several times in a row. Her research repeatedly attracts high attention, including the "Platzspitz Reportage" from 2014 or the "Tschanun Case" in the current year. In addition, Michèle Binswanger has published several books.
Catherine Boss has been with Tamedia's research desk for seven years. She has worked on several investigations by the International Network of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), such as the "Panama Papers," the "Paradise Papers" and the "Implant Files. She has been writing for various Tamedia titles for almost 20 years. Her main areas of expertise are judicial and medical topics as well as economic and political research. Her research has already won her numerous awards.
