"Operation Valmy" - A look behind the scenes of an extraordinary campaign (Swiss Press Text 2018, by Heidi Gmür)

"Operation Valmy" - A look behind the scenes of an extraordinary campaign

NZZ

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2018

Heidi Gmür

Geneva Councilor Pierre Maudet caused a sensation as a candidate for the Federal Council with his campaign called "Operation Valmy." The NZZ took an exclusive look behind the scenes; the report was accompanied by extraordinary images from photographer Niels Ackermann.

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Heidi Gmür / Swiss Press Award

Heidi Gmür

Journalistin, Lausanne, 1974

Geboren in Luzern, erste journalistische Gehversuche 1996 bei der Neuen Luzerner Zeitung, danach Lokalredaktorin beim Bund, Bundeshauskorrespondentin beim St. Galler Tagblatt und bei der NZZ am Sonntag, Ozeanien-Korrspondentin bei der NZZ - und seit 2016 zurück im Bundeshaus für die NZZ.

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"Operation Valmy" - A look behind the scenes of an extraordinary campaign (Swiss Press Text 2018, by Heidi Gmür) - Swiss Press Award