Erich Gysling
Erich Gysling (born July 17, 1936 in Zurich ) is a Swiss journalist , publicist and author.
Life
Erich Gysling attended schools in Zurich and studied cultural history in Vienna . He worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper Düsseldorfer Mittag and the radio station RIAS , then for the daily news of Swiss television . In 1964 he became head of the Tagesschau editorial team, and in 1968 he co-founded the Rundschau broadcast .
From 1972 he headed the international editorial team of Weltwoche for ten years , then returned to Swiss television ten years later. In 1985 he took over the newly created function of editor-in-chief and at the same time head of the Tagesschau , where he was also the presenter of the main edition. In 1990 Gysling took over the management of the Rundschau .
From 1994 to 1996 he was chief commentator for political events. Since then he has been working as a freelance, for example as a presenter and editor of the show Standpunkte for NZZ press TV , as a speaker, travel guide or as a commentator and panelist for numerous media. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Weltrundschau yearbook .
During his journalistic career, Erich Gysling completed a degree in Arabic and, after intensively studying the Middle East, wrote three books on this subject. He is also considered a connoisseur of the Eastern European countries. From 2001 to 2014 he was President of the Forum East-West Association .
Gysling has a command of twelve languages, including Arabic , Farsi and Kiswahili , at least to the level that he can have an everyday conversation.
Works
- Magnetic field of the unequal: America - Europe . Edition Interfrom (texts + theses 55), Zurich 1974
- Arabia's clocks work differently. Momentum and world politics in the Middle East . Edition Interfrom (texts + theses 149), Zurich 1982
- A crucial test in the Middle East. People - destinies - traditions . Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1986
- Middle East hotspot. A current dialogue (with Arnold Hottinger ). NZZ, Zurich 1991
- The moment of truth for Switzerland. Erich Gysling in conversation with Flavio Cotti . Universitätsverlag, Friborg 1992, ISBN 3-7278-0824-1
- 1945 - Switzerland in the year of peace (with Mario König and Michael T. Ganz). Silva, Zurich 1995
Web links
- Erich Gysling on the Background Tours website (portrait)
- Erich Gysling: On how journalists deal with information. In: Infos and Accents. 1/2001. Journal of the University of Education Zurich (today: Akzente ; PDF; 58 kB)
- Erich Gysling: Explaining the world to the Swiss. In: Klein Report , June 18, 2020.
- Show «Schawinski». Roger Schawinski in conversation with Erich Gysling. Video in: SRF 1 , April 1, 2019 ( online, 27 min )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Gysling. ( Memento from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Website of the Weltrundschau
- ↑ A keen observer for decades . In: InfoPlus - The magazine for Credit Suisse retirees . No. 18 , June 18, 2015, p. 4 ( senioren-cs-so.ch [PDF]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gysling, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist, publicist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |