The Jury

		Claudius Seidl, Chairman, Head of the arts section of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”
		Jürg Ramspeck, member, Publicist and columnist for “Blick”newspaper, former editor-in-chief of “Weltwoche” magazine
		Roger Schawinski, member, Author and columnist, formerly managing director of the private television station “Sat 1”; Swiss media pioneer
		Elmar Ledergerber, member. Representative of the City of Zürichm, Mayor of Zürich
		Frank Bumann, member, Representative of Zürich Tourism, Director of Zürich Tourism

Brief information on the jury members

Jürg Ramspeck
Jürg Ramspeck has been writing a subtly humorous column on “the gaps between the headlines” in Switzerland’s biggest popular newspaper, the “BLICK”, for ten years. From 1983 until 1996 he was editor-in-chief of the Swiss weekly magazine “Weltwoche”, where he produced an ironic weekly column. Jürg Ramspeck already worked as an editor at “Weltwoche” for several years at the beginning of his career. He is also a publicist and the author of several books.


Roger Schawinski
The Swiss radio and television pioneer was Managing Director of the private television broadcaster “Sat 1” from 2003 to 2006. Today, he is a columnist and book author. His latest book “Die TV-Falle” was published in September 2007. Schawinski studied economics in St. Gall and at Central Michigan University in the United States. After gaining his doctorate in 1972, Roger Schawinski initially worked as a journalist for Swiss television. Later, he worked as editor-in-chief of the “Tat” daily newspaper and founded Switzerland’s first private radio station “Radio 24” in 1979, followed by the monthly magazine “Bonus” and in 1998 by the first private Swiss television station “Tele 24”.


Elmar Ledergerber
Elmar Ledergerber has been a city councillor since 1998 and Mayor of Zürich since 2002. He was a member of the social democratic parliamentary party in the National Council from 1987 to 1998. Until his election to the City Council, the history graduate and doctor of economics was a partner in a planning and consultancy company. Elmar Ledergerber regularly publishes two columns – in the “Zürcher Tagblatt” and in the Sunday issue of the “Mittellandzeitung”.


Frank Bumann
Frank Bumann has been Director of Zürich Tourism since 2003, before which he was Head of Marketing and Communications and a member of Senior Management at Swiss Federal Railways in Berne. After studying economics in Brig, the native of the Canton of Valais went to Eastern Switzerland, where he completed his studies, specialising in organisation, at the University of St. Gall in 1989. Bumann began his career in tourism with a seven-year tenure as Director of Tourism in Saas-Fee. He is on the board of the Association of Zürich Hoteliers as well as being a member of the board of the European Cities Marketing Organisation.