Barbara Bürer

Barbara Bürer (born February 23, 1955 in Rapperswil SG ) is a Swiss radio and television presenter and journalist .

Life

After Bürer had completed her commercial apprenticeship in 1974, she became a secretary for Swiss television . In 1978 she moved to the Cortesi office , where she completed a journalism traineeship until 1980. In 1980, Bürer became a freelance journalist for the Swiss radio station DRS in the Bern studio and in November 1983 switched to editing and moderating the Graffiti program on DRS 3 .

In 1986 she became a sports editor for the Tages-Anzeiger , in 1988 an editor and presenter for the Max program on Swiss television; from 1991 she worked as a reporter again for the Tages-Anzeiger. In 1996 she received the Bern Media Prize for Local Journalism. From 1997 to 2000 Bürer was a reporter for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit , then an editor for Das Magazin , and from 2002 to 2007 again a reporter for the Tages-Anzeiger.

From February 2007 to the end of 2018, Bürer hosted the call-in program nachtwach on SRF 1 and DRS 3 (as a “night watchman”) . The program was discontinued after 12 years at the end of 2018 for reasons of economy. From 2007 to 2011 she was an editor at Radio DRS 1 .

Bürer lives in Rapperswil-Jona .

Works

And a touch of make-up on the go: portraits - reports - everyday stories. With a foreword by Roger de Weck . Krösus, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-906647-07-2 .

Web links

Barbara Bürer on the SRF website for the broadcast Nachtwach
«I want to hear stories» A portrait from the radio magazine from September 1, 2007 (archive version)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Rafaela Roth: "We listened where nobody wanted to listen" Interview in: Tages-Anzeiger from January 5, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2019.
↑ Peter Padrutt, Tom Wyss: These SRF broadcasts fall victim to the savings hammer. In: Blick.ch from June 28, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2019.
↑ Christine Schnyder: Barbara Bürer no longer on the editorial staff. In: Persoenlich.com on May 9, 2011, accessed on January 6, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Bürer, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss journalist and radio and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rapperswil SG

[tagi-1] Rafaela Roth: "We listened where nobody wanted to listen" Interview in: Tages-Anzeiger from January 5, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2019.

[2] Peter Padrutt, Tom Wyss: These SRF broadcasts fall victim to the savings hammer. In: Blick.ch from June 28, 2018, accessed on January 6, 2019.

[3] Christine Schnyder: Barbara Bürer no longer on the editorial staff. In: Persoenlich.com on May 9, 2011, accessed on January 6, 2019.