Conversations at the turn of the year (Swiss Press Text 2012, by Roland Drenkelforth) - Swiss Press Award

Thuner Tagblatt

Roland Drenkelforth

In a nine-part series entitled "Conversations at the Turn of the Year," we published interviews with local residents in the Thuner Tagblatt. What's special about it: The interviewee himself decided who the TT would conduct the next interview with and even formulated the opening question. This led to interesting encounters and conversations with people who would otherwise never appear in the newspaper: for example, a local civic leader, a bus driver, a funeral director, or a construction worker. As a source of ideas and co-author, I'm sending you my contribution to the series, an interview with the owner of a local restaurant, on behalf of the team. The other contributions were published between December 27 and January 6. Sincerely, Roland Drenkelforth, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Thuner Tagblatt