Luzia Tschirky (born 1990 in Sargans, Kanton St. Gallen) is a Swiss television journalist. She reports for the Swiss radio and television (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)) from Russia and the post-soviet states. In 2021 she was elected "Swiss journalist of the year".[1]
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Her surname Tschirky is traced back to the former municipality Weisstannen, near Sargans.[2][3] Tschirky first tried jurnalism during her time at Kantonsschule Sargans.[4] She studied political science at the University of Zurich between 2010 and 2015.[5] She held a honorary position in the board of "jung jurnalists of switzerland" (Junge Journalisten Schweiz) and founded in 2011 the "Jugendmedientage Schweiz", which she organised for three years. 2012 she worked for the swiss editorial office of 3sat. In 2014 she started the project "Medienfrauen Schweiz" (women in media Switzerland).[6] Also in 2014 Tschirky, who speaks not only german and englisch but also russian, worked in the russian office of "Spiegel" and the Russian editorial office of "Radio Free Europe" (a program financed by the american government) in Prague.
In the time following, she had internships and worked as a freelancer at SRF. An important event in her career was her work as reporter for SRF during the Euromaidan in Kiew in 2013. In march 2012 Tschirky started a two year journalism training with SRF. In spring of 2019 she became the first female correspondent for Russia and the former UdSSR.[7][8][9]
References edit
- ^ "Journalistin des Jahres: Luzia Tschirky wird ausgezeichnet" (in German). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "18. Dezember - «Meine Mutter prägte mein Rollenbild» - Audio-Adventskalender - SRF" (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Tschirky Namensbedeutung und -herkunft". Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Die Wirklichkeit sieht anders aus. Eindrückliche Reise nach Ungarn zum Schüleraustausch Sargans–Debrecen, in: Gazette, Hrsg. Kantonsschule Sargans 21. August 2008, S. 26–27" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Ausbildung". Luzia Tschirky / Linkedin. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Medienfrauen Schweiz". wemakeit.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "Luzia Tschirky wird neue Russland-Korrespondentin". SRG Deutschschweiz. SRG. 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Sarah van Berkel (2021-02-07). "Die unerschrockene Journalistin". Schweizer Illustrierte. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ (mre) (2017-12-06). "Verliebt in Russland". Tagblatt. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
External links edit
- Official website
- «Meine Mutter prägte mein Rollenbild», Gespräch mit Luzia Tschirky, Radio SRF, 18. Dezember 2022, 53 Minuten (Dialekt)