Susan Boos

Susan Boos (born in 1963 in Zurich) is a Swiss journalist and publicist. Since 2005, she is the editor-in-chief of WOZ Die Wochenzeitung.[1] Since 2021 she has been the president of the Swiss Press Council.[2]

Susan Boos
Born1963
Zürich, Switzerland
EducationUniversity of Zurich (1989)
OccupationEditor-in-chief of WOZ Die Wochenzeitung

Life

Boos grew up in St. Gallen and completed a training as a teacher at the seminar Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen. From 1984 to 1991, she worked for the Eastern Swiss Workers' Newspaper (AZ) in St. Gallen, in 1989 as an editor. At the same time, she studied ethnology, political science and journalism at the University of Zurich. In 1991, she moved to the Zurich WOZ Die Wochenzeitung, where she was editor-in-chief from 2005 to 2017.[3] Boos is a jury member of the "Zürcher Journalistenpreis" (Zurich Journalists Prize).[4] She publishes intensively on nuclear and energy policy. In 2021 she succeeded Dominique von Burg as the president of the Swiss Press Council.[5]

Awards
  • 2005: "Alstom Journalistenpreis" (Alstom Journalist Award) of the energy and transport company Alstom (for several articles in the weekly WOZ)
  • 2012: Honorary Award of the Nuclear-Free Future Award[6] in the category "Special Recognition" of the Franz Moll Foundation

Writings (selection)
  • "Beherrschtes Entsetzen. Das Leben in der Ukraine zehn Jahre nach Tschernobyl" (Controlled horror. Life in Ukraine ten years after Chernobyl) WOZ, Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-85869-162-3.
  • "Strahlende Schweiz. Handbuch zur Atomwirtschaft" (Radiant Switzerland. Handbook for the nuclear industry) WOZ, Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-85869-167-4.
  • "Sanktgaller Spitzen : sechs Reportagen aus dem Osten" (Sankt Gallen peaks. [Six reports from the East.) Appenzeller publishing house, Herisau 2003, ISBN 3-85882-352-X.
  • "Fukushima lässt grüßen. Die Folgen eines Super-GAUs." (Fukushima sends greetings. The consequences of a super-GAUs.) Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 3-85869-474-6.

References
  1. "Susan Boos". Rotpunktverlag. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "WOZ-Journalistin präsidiert neu den Presserat". Aargauer Zeitung. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. "Krieg und Frieden". WOZ Die Wochenzeitung. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. "Zwei neue Jurymitglieder beim Zürcher Journalistenpreis". Klein Report. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. "Susan Boos wird neue Präsidentin". Persönlich. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  6. "Susan Boos". Nuclear-Free Future Award Foundation. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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