Charles Clerc

Charles Clerc (born May 1943 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) is a Swiss journalist and television presenter .

Life

Clerc graduated from the University of Freiburg with a diploma for secondary teachers. He first worked for the Freiburger Nachrichten and from 1967 to 1970 volunteer for Swiss television . He later became an editor at Radio DRS , where he worked for ten years. The radio show Personally , which he co-founded , is still broadcast today.

In 1987, Clerc became the presenter of the Swiss television daily news. On February 3, 1987, he received international attention when he slipped a condom over his finger during the main edition of the show . He did this to educate people about AIDS , as the Federal Office of Public Health had recently started the “Stop Aids” campaign. Clerc ended his daily news moderation with a curious message, which he introduced with the words «And finally this ...». On January 28, 2004, he hosted his last edition of the Tagesschau. His successor is Franz Fischlin .

Today Clerc is the ambassador of the SBS Swiss Library for the blind, visually impaired and print impaired . On September 22nd, 2005, he presented the first DAISY audio book that went on sale in Europe in Zurich .

In August 2010, Clerc played the main role of Carnifex in the Anna Carnifex Festival .

Web links

• Last edition of the Tagesschau with Charles Clerc on January 28, 2004
• Short biography and questioning about his action with the condom: Part 1 , Part 2 (Swiss German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tagesschau presenter Charles Clerc to the last. News , accessed October 2, 2009 . 
2. ^ Charles Clerc Part 2. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 2, 2009 (Swiss German).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ^ Charles Clerc becomes ambassador for the Swiss Library for the Blind. (No longer available online.) Presseportal.ch, archived from the original on May 21, 2008 ; Retrieved October 2, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Jürg Vollmer: TV presenter Charles Clerc presented the first DAISY audio book that came to book stores in Europe. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 2, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.