Karl Lüönd

Karl Lüönd (born May 12, 1945 in Flüelen ) is a Swiss journalist , publicist and author.

Life

Lüönd started as a freelancer and central Swiss correspondent for major Swiss daily newspapers. From 1974 he was a member of the editor-in-chief of Blick , among other things as deputy editor-in-chief. After two years as editor-in-chief of Züri Leu , he founded the Züri-Woche in 1982 , which he headed for seventeen years and of which he was temporarily publisher. In 1986, together with the publisher Beat Curti , he initiated the free newspaper Neues Sonntagsblatt , of which he was the first editor-in-chief. Lüönd has been a freelancer since 1998. From 1998 to 2005 he was head of the media institute of the Swiss Press Association . He is the founder of Jagd & Natur magazine , of which he was editor-in-chief from 1998 to 2012. Lüönd has written over thirty non-fiction books and company biographies and is involved in the training and further education of journalists.

Prices

Lüönd was awarded the Zurich Journalist Prize in 2007 for his complete work.

Works

• Drums, dreams, traditions. The Lucerne Carnival in words and pictures . Harlequin, Lucerne 1972
• Espionage and treason in Switzerland . 2 volumes. Ringier, Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-85859-061-4 and ISBN 3-85859-062-2
• Swiss soldiers on duty. The great maneuvers and defilees of the Swiss Army . Ringier, Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-85859-094-0
• Swiss in America. Careers and Failures in the New World . Walter, Olten 1979, ISBN 3-530-53900-7
• Look back. 20 years of world and Swiss history as reflected in a current newspaper . Ringier, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-85859-132-1
• Well-fortified Switzerland. The branches of our army . Ringier, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-85859-123-8
• Our Gotthard . Ringier, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-85859-137-8
• Joseph Voegeli : A life for two wheels. The story of the most successful sports manager in Switzerland (with Sepp Renggli ). Züri-Woche, Glattbrugg 1992, ISBN 3-9520302-0-1
• Herbert Leupin . Posters, pictures, graphics . Reinhardt, Basel 1995, ISBN 3-7245-0883-2
• Curious about tomorrow. 125 years of « Zurich ». History and vision of a global corporation . NZZ, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85823-691-8
• Gottlieb Duttweiler (1888–1962). An idea with a future . Association for Economic History Studies, Meilen 2000, ISBN 3-909059-20-1
• For children and families. The path of the Children's Hospital Zurich into the 21st century . Rio, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-907768-49-3
• Worldward. Kuoni : The future of travel. Since 1906 . AT, Baden 2006, ISBN 3-03800-250-X
• Be a publisher. Public reflection on people, media and markets . Huber, Frauenfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-7193-1448-4
• Raw material knowledge. The past and present of the Swiss pharmaceutical industry in fast motion . NZZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-483-8
• 1835-2008. Ringier with the people. The eventful history of an unusual family company . NZZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-400-5
• Lived entrepreneurship. Processing conveyor technology. Walter Reist's contribution to the modern media industry . NZZ, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-03823-352-7
• The power and the honesty. Columns from the media circus . Rüegger, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7253-0947-4
• Success as a mission. Ems-Chemie : The story of an impossible company. Stämpfli, Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7272-1311-3
• Robert K. Heuberger : Not like the wind blows ... life story of an entrepreneur. With Karl Lüönd. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-834-8 .
• The inexorable one. Karl Schweri (1917–2001), fighter for fair prices. NZZ Libro, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03810-251-9 .
• The Turkish miller. A Lucerne and the Orientbahn. Publication of the series Swiss pioneers in business and technology. Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-909059-73-7 .

Web links

• Karl Lüönd's website
• Constantin Seibt : His enemy was the “Tages-Anzeiger” , Tages-Anzeiger , June 22, 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flash extra (magazine of the Swiss Press Association). 2010, p. 93 ( online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ); PDF; 9.6 MB).
2. ^ Karl Lüönd: "It is high time for a rejuvenation". In: Kleinreport, February 7, 2012.
3. ↑ about the book