SWI swissinfo.ch is a multilingual news and information platform produced by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR). Its content is Swiss-centred, with top priority given to in-depth information on politics, the economy, the arts, science, education, and direct democracy. Switzerland's international political, economic and cultural relations are other key points of focus. The website is available in ten languages.
In the mid-1990s, economic circumstances forced swissinfo.ch to take a new strategic direction. The internet was advancing fast, heralding a new era for the producing journalists and the Swiss Radio International (SRI) audience alike. The German, French, English and Portuguese sites went online in 1999. The Italian, Japanese and Spanish sites followed in 2000, with Arabic going live on 1 February 2001 and Chinese in September of the same year. Within just two years, the internet platform for expatriate Swiss was already better known than SRI's short-wave radio services.
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On 21 March 2005, the Board of Directors of SRG SSR decided to reduce the swissinfo.ch service significantly. At the time, the decision was not final and still had to be confirmed by the regulatory body – the Federal Office of Communications – and the Swiss Federal Council. That decision was expected in the autumn of 2005. SRG SSR's intention to cut swissinfo.ch back to a minimum triggered an enormous response from users and readers. There was widespread lack of understanding for the move. The SRG SSR plan for the future was to produce a reduced service in English only. This service was to be integrated into SR DRS, the radio portion of what is today the German-language broadcaster SRF. Only specific information for Swiss people living abroad would be provided in Switzerland's national languages. One journalist would be responsible for each language, and the service would be produced by one of the existing SRG SSR enterprise units. In the end, the public had their way, preventing the reduction in services. In the summer of 2007, the Federal Council issued swissinfo.ch with a new charter to provide specific and clearly defined internet-focused news, information, and entertainment services.
Christoph Heri, the editor-in-chief of swissinfo.ch, retired on 31 March 2008 after a 30-year media career, the last six years of which were spent with the swissinfo.ch editorial team. Peter Schibli became the new editor-in-chief of swissinfo.ch on 1 January 2008. Schibli, who holds a doctorate in law. He was charged with fulfilling the content aspects of the Federal Council charter and with positioning swissinfo.ch as a leading nine-language news and information platform for both expatriate Swiss and an international audience with an interest in Switzerland. In November 2008, Schibli became the director of swissinfo.ch. The new editor-in-chief Christophe Giovannini served from November 2008 to February 2015. In 2013, swissinfo.ch welcomed Russian as 10th language of the information platform.[1] In January 2016, Larissa M. Bieler (b. 1978) started as the editor-in-chief, where she remains to this day. Born in Chur, she studied German literature, economics, and political science. She worked as a freelance journalist, and from 2013 served as editor-in-chief of the Bündner Tagblatt (de).[2] Today more than 100 persons from 14 nations are working for swissinfo.ch.[3]
Special features
swissinfo.ch's themed dossiers offer a high-quality complement to its websites. Produced specifically for an international audience, these multimedia dossiers examine and present current issues in detail. There is also a special section for expatriate Swiss that gives information on forthcoming referendums and elections. swissinfo.ch is also active on different social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
Services
In addition to the websites, information can be called up from or downloaded to mobile devices. The headline service automatically updates computer desktop headlines from the swissinfo.ch homepages. Headlines can also be linked via live news feeds directly to other websites. In March 2017 swissinfo.ch launched a new app (for iOS and Android).[4]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Swissinfo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message SWI swissinfo ch is a multilingual news and information platform produced by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR Its content is Swiss centred with top priority given to in depth information on politics the economy the arts science education and direct democracy Switzerland s international political economic and cultural relations are other key points of focus The website is available in ten languages SWI swissinfo chType of siteNews and informationAvailable inGermanFrenchItalianEnglishSpanishPortugueseRussianArabicChineseJapaneseOwnerSRG SSRURLwww wbr swissinfo wbr chCommercialNoRegistration1999Current statusActive Contents 1 History 2 Special features 3 Services 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIn the mid 1990s economic circumstances forced swissinfo ch to take a new strategic direction The internet was advancing fast heralding a new era for the producing journalists and the Swiss Radio International SRI audience alike The German French English and Portuguese sites went online in 1999 The Italian Japanese and Spanish sites followed in 2000 with Arabic going live on 1 February 2001 and Chinese in September of the same year Within just two years the internet platform for expatriate Swiss was already better known than SRI s short wave radio services Swissinfo ch building On 21 March 2005 the Board of Directors of SRG SSR decided to reduce the swissinfo ch service significantly At the time the decision was not final and still had to be confirmed by the regulatory body the Federal Office of Communications and the Swiss Federal Council That decision was expected in the autumn of 2005 SRG SSR s intention to cut swissinfo ch back to a minimum triggered an enormous response from users and readers There was widespread lack of understanding for the move The SRG SSR plan for the future was to produce a reduced service in English only This service was to be integrated into SR DRS the radio portion of what is today the German language broadcaster SRF Only specific information for Swiss people living abroad would be provided in Switzerland s national languages One journalist would be responsible for each language and the service would be produced by one of the existing SRG SSR enterprise units In the end the public had their way preventing the reduction in services In the summer of 2007 the Federal Council issued swissinfo ch with a new charter to provide specific and clearly defined internet focused news information and entertainment services Christoph Heri the editor in chief of swissinfo ch retired on 31 March 2008 after a 30 year media career the last six years of which were spent with the swissinfo ch editorial team Peter Schibli became the new editor in chief of swissinfo ch on 1 January 2008 Schibli who holds a doctorate in law He was charged with fulfilling the content aspects of the Federal Council charter and with positioning swissinfo ch as a leading nine language news and information platform for both expatriate Swiss and an international audience with an interest in Switzerland In November 2008 Schibli became the director of swissinfo ch The new editor in chief Christophe Giovannini served from November 2008 to February 2015 In 2013 swissinfo ch welcomed Russian as 10th language of the information platform 1 In January 2016 Larissa M Bieler b 1978 started as the editor in chief where she remains to this day Born in Chur she studied German literature economics and political science She worked as a freelance journalist and from 2013 served as editor in chief of the Bundner Tagblatt de 2 Today more than 100 persons from 14 nations are working for swissinfo ch 3 Special features Editswissinfo ch s themed dossiers offer a high quality complement to its websites Produced specifically for an international audience these multimedia dossiers examine and present current issues in detail There is also a special section for expatriate Swiss that gives information on forthcoming referendums and elections swissinfo ch is also active on different social media channels Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube etc Services EditIn addition to the websites information can be called up from or downloaded to mobile devices The headline service automatically updates computer desktop headlines from the swissinfo ch homepages Headlines can also be linked via live news feeds directly to other websites In March 2017 swissinfo ch launched a new app for iOS and Android 4 See also EditPresence SwitzerlandReferences Edit swissinfo ch ab 2013 auch auf Russisch Presseportal Retrieved 3 May 2017 Larissa M Bieler Swissinfo ch Retrieved 12 April 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link 2016 Annual report SWI swissinfo ch Retrieved 3 May 2017 Out now the new swissinfo ch app swissinfo ch Retrieved 3 May 2017 External links EditOfficial website Portals Companies Journalism Switzerland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swissinfo amp oldid 1135485723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
