Olivier Dessibourg, 1974 - Swiss Press Award

Olivier Dessibourg

La Conversion, 1974

Member of the Jury Swiss Press Science

Olivier Dessibourg was born in 1974 in Fribourg. Trained at the daily newspaper La Liberté, he is a science journalist and winner of several awards. He is currently deputy head of the Science & Environment section at ActuTV on Swiss Radio and Television (RTS). From 2004 to 2016, he co-created and directed the Science & Environment section of the newspaper Le Temps. He has also collaborated with various international media outlets, such as NewScientist (UK), Le Monde (France), and NZZ (Switzerland). In 2019, he co-founded Heidi.news, a pure player dedicated to science and health, where he served as deputy editor-in-chief. Between 2012 and 2019, he was president of the Swiss Association of Science Journalism (ASJS). He chaired the Organizing Committee of the 2019 World Conference of Science Journalists in Lausanne, which he initiated and attracted more than 1,300 colleagues from 82 countries.

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