Project Merciless: How Qatar spied on the football world in Switzerland (Swiss Press Text 2023, by Leo Eiholzer) - Swiss Press Award

Leo Eiholzer

Journalist, Zürich, 1998

Editor at NZZ am Sonntag, specializing in investigative research. Revelations on espionage, intelligence services, terrorism, and high-profile cases of medical malpractice. Graduated from high school in Zurich, completed a two-year MAZ internship at CH Media. In 2021, won Tamedia's investigative journalism funding program and completed further training at the Tamedia newspaper's research desk. Subsequently, editor at SRF Investigativ, the new investigative department of Swiss television. Since 2023, editor of NZZ am Sonntag in the domestic and report sections, while studying law part-time at the University of Zurich.