Helga Rietz, 1981 - Swiss Press Award

Helga Rietz

Zürich, 1981

Member of the Jury Swiss Press Science

Dr. Helga Rietz, born in Cologne in 1981, heads the communications department of the ETH AI Center. She studied physics in Heidelberg (Germany) but discovered her passion for science journalism early on: from her first articles for the student newspaper ruprecht to internships at various media companies and postgraduate studies at TU Dortmund University. Before moving to ETH, she worked for nine years as an editor in the science section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, focusing on physics, astronomy, space travel, and technology. For her work, she received the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award (2015) and the PUNKT Prize for Technology Journalism (2018). Other contributions have been nominated for the prix média of the Swiss Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Media Prize. She is a board member of the Swiss Club for Science Journalism (SKWJ) and president of the jury for the prix média of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

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