Roger Köppel
Editor-in Chief and Publisher
Die Weltwoche, Switzerland
Born May 21, 1965 in Zurich, Switzerland
1984 - 1987 Studies in History and Political Economics, Zurich
1987 - 1990 Staff writer for the sports and arts section Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1990 - 1994 Studies in Political Philosophy, Economic History and Modern History
Zurich and Stuttgart, Lic. Phil I –degree
1994 - 1997 Arts editor Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich
1997 - 2001 Editor-in-chief Das Magazin, Zurich
2000 - 2001 Deputy editor-in-chief Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich
2001 - 2004 Editor-in-chief Die Weltwoche, Zurich
2004 - 2006 Editor-in-chief Die Welt, Berlin
also member of the jury of the Hennri Nannen Award in Hamburg
2006 Editor-in-chief and publisher of the weekly magazine Die Weltwoche
2006 "Journalist of the year" award by the trade publication Schweizer Journalist
2007 Roger Köppel and the Weltwoche-editorial team received the "Swiss-Russian Journalist Award 2007" from the Swiss/Russian Cooperation Councilsince
2007 Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (Executive MBA HSG)