Sebastian Pumberger and Aleksandra Tulej appointed deputy editors-in-chief
Vienna (OTS) – The public tender for the editorial management of the Wiener Zeitung (WZ) has been successfully completed: In a multi-stage selection process involving the WZ editorial team, Katharina Schmidt was able to prevail against 55 other applicants. Schmidt will take over the position of editor-in-chief as soon as the editorial team has voted on the personnel according to the statute. She has already managed the medium on an interim basis in a dual leadership role together with Sebastian Pumberger. In the future, Pumberger will act as Schmidt’s deputy together with Aleksandra Tulej, the previous editor-in-chief of the magazine “Biber”.
„With Katharina Schmidt, we were able to recruit an excellent journalist and innovative product developer for the editor-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung. She convinced us all with her passion for quality journalism, her solution-oriented way of working and her proactive approach to a massively changed media world
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Katharina Schmidt says about her nomination: “I am firmly convinced that the transformation of the Wiener Zeitung can be seen as an innovative lighthouse project and that we can significantly enrich the Austrian and European media market in the coming years with our experiences and ideas. I want to significantly advance this development and I look forward to leading the new Wiener Zeitung into the media future with all my heart.
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Katharina Schmidt, born in 1983, has been working in various roles for the Wiener Zeitung since 2004 and was most recently responsible for product development for the new WZ.
New deputy editor-in-chief
Sebastian Pumberger and Aleksandra Tulej will be the deputy editors-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung. Sebastian Pumberger joined the team at the new Wiener Zeitung in July 2023 as deputy editor-in-chief.
Aleksandra Tulej, former editor-in-chief at Biber, will join the team from January 15th. Her previous work brings valuable experience in media appearances and in the creation of comprehensive reports at home and abroad. Tulei: “I’m really looking forward to strengthening the WZ team, helping to shape the editorial team with a passion for socially relevant journalism and advancing the WZ with new perspectives.
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Multi-stage process and ordering by editorial team
The multi-stage selection process with a total of 56 applicants was accompanied by a personnel consultant. The six top-ranked candidates were interviewed in a committee hearing shortly before Christmas. According to the editorial statutes, the candidate Katharina Schmidt ranked highest after the hearing must still be confirmed by the editorial team of the Wiener Zeitung.
About the Wiener Zeitung
The Wiener Zeitung media group has repositioned the Wiener Zeitung (WZ) as a high-quality online platform in 2023 and, as a media company, is tasked with strengthening the Austrian media location with initiatives for startups, young journalists and society. The core product is the WZ as a digital compass medium that examines socially relevant topics in depth and prepares them in a multimedia format in accordance with the standards of constructive journalism.
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