Karl Wild (journalist)

Karl Wild (born June 11, 1948 in Chur ; legal resident in Lütisburg ) is a Swiss journalist and book author .

Life

Karl Wild grew up in Chur. After completing an apprenticeship as a typesetter and machine setter, he moved to Zurich and got into journalism. In the editorial department of the trade journal Sport he went through a classic learning by doing. His teacher was the sports journalist Walter Lutz . As a sports editor, Wild was responsible for alpine skiing, tennis and football. As a reporter, he attended several Olympic Games and World Championships .

In 1988, Karl Wild switched to the business magazine Bilanz as an editor , where he had a second teacher in Andreas Z'Graggen. Wild made a name for himself as an uncoverer of mismanagement and also looked after the tourism department. For three years he was also responsible for the annual “golden balance” listing the richest Swiss.

After a short detour into the communications industry, Wild started his own business in 2002. He founded the company Wild & Partner, which specializes in ghostwriting . Since 2009, Wild has been responsible for the editorial section of the «Ferienpost», in which he is involved. In 2012/13 he was editor-in-chief of the Swiss edition of the luxury travel magazine “Connoisseur Circle”. In 2012/13 he was also editor-in-chief of the gourmet guide “Guide Bleu”. In addition, Wild is a permanent employee of the SonntagsZeitung and also writes regularly in other newspapers and magazines on economic and tourism topics.

Wild is married and has no children.

Hotel tester

In 1997, Wild was the founder of the first Swiss hotel rating at “Bilanz” . When he left the business magazine, he took the rating with him. Since then, it has been published annually in the SonntagsZeitung under the title “The 125 best hotels in Switzerland” and is also published on the Switzerland Tourism website. The extended rating has been published annually as a book since 2013 (Werd Weber Verlag, Thun). Wild also rated “The 75 best winter hotels in Switzerland” in the SonntagsZeitung. As a hotel tester, he is also regularly traveling around the world.

Revelers of the affair Nef

On July 13 and 20, 2008, the SonntagsZeitung proved that army chief Roland Nef was involved in criminal proceedings, which led to the army chief being overthrown. His superior, Federal Councilor Samuel Schmid , later also resigned. Wild, who was in possession of all the incriminating material, started the case. In the appeal process before the Zurich Higher Court, he testified that he had not received this material from police officer Fredi Hafner. Hafner was convicted of breach of official secrecy in the first instance. The higher court and federal court upheld the judgment.

The industry magazine Schweizer Journalist honored the reporter team of the SonntagsZeitung (Karl Wild, Catherine Boss and Martin Stoll) for exposing the Nef 2008 affair as “Best Journalist Research 2008”. A year later, the three of them also received the Zurich Journalist Prize for it .

Publications

• My way to the top: Werner H. Spross - gardener of the nation. BMG Buch AG, Basel 2000, ISBN 3-905352-02-8 .
• The will alone decides, or 53 medals are no coincidence: Karl Frehsner . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-06047-8 .
• Hausi Leutenegger : There was also a bit of luck - a biography. Huber, Frauenfeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7193-1508-5 .
• The 125 best hotels in Switzerland 2014. Werd Weber, Thun 2013, ISBN 978-3-909532-94-0 .
• The 150 best hotels in Switzerland 2014/15. Werd Weber, Thun 2014, ISBN 978-3-03818-009-8 .
• The 150 best hotels in Switzerland 2015/16. Werd Weber, Thun 2015, ISBN 978-3-03818-041-8 .
• The 150 best hotels in Switzerland 2016/17. Werd Weber, Thun 2016, ISBN 978-3-03818-097-5 .
• The 150 best hotels in Switzerland 2017/18. Werd Weber, Thun 2017, ISBN 978-3-03818-128-6 .
• The 150 best hotels in Switzerland 2018/19. Werd Weber, Thun 2018, ISBN 978-3-03818-141-5
• The 100 best hotels in Switzerland 2019/20. Werd Weber, Thun 2019, ISBN 978-3-03818-198-9
• The 100 best hotels in Switzerland 2020/21. Werd Weber, Thun 2020, ISBN 978-3-03818-248-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Case Nef: The key witness is threatened with criminal detention. In: Tages-Anzeiger online. February 24, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
2. ^ Roland Nef case: joint detention for the journalist? In: Aargauer Zeitung online. February 25, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
3. ↑ Barbara Lüthi is «Journalist of the Year». In: Kleinreport. December 20, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2011.