Catholic media center

Logo from kath.ch

The Catholic Media Center is an amalgamation of the former church media institutions CCRT, kipa-apic, the Catholic media service, the French-speaking Swiss internet portal cath.ch and the Ticino CCRTv Lugano. With the founding meeting on May 7, 2014, the association was constituted on behalf of the Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBK) and the co-financing organization Roman Catholic Central Conference of Switzerland (RKZ) and bundles the media work of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland .

In the external presentation, the national languages are offered in the online service offerings kath.ch (German), cath.ch (French) and catt.ch (Italian) in accordance with the framework statutes of the media centers in Switzerland .

assignment

The main activity of the association can be divided into four areas:

information

Development and preparation of journalistic content on ecclesiastical, religious and social topics for the media public.

Annunciation

Supervision of programs in cooperation with Swiss Radio and Television (SRF)

public relation

Communication and mediation of church issues and concerns within the Catholic Church and the public.

Services

Training, advice and other services in the field of media work for church bodies and institutions.

Framework statute of the media centers in Switzerland

organization

The facility is headed by theologian and media scholar Charles Martig . Since November 13, 2014, Odilo Noti, who has a doctorate in theologian and former Head of Communication at Caritas Switzerland , has been President of the Supervisory Board . Media Bishop Alain de Raemy is responsible for ecclesiastical jurisdiction .

Seat

Since July 2015, the Catholic media center with its newsroom in Zurich West has been under one roof together with the editorial team of kath.ch, media tip, reformed media and other NGOs.

Publications (selection)

Charles Martig : Church in Web 2.0. Euphoria or critical reluctance? in: Medienheft from May 11, 2009
Willi Bühler, Martin-Peier-Plüss : Media representation and contextualization of Christianity in: Constanze Jecker (ed.): Religions on television. Analyzes and Perspectives, Konstanz 2011, 205–214
Charles Martig : Facebook - "The Social Network" in: Medienheft from September 27, 2010
Charles Martig : Appearance on SRF radio and television on the subject of " Religion on the Screen - Between Fascination and Skepticism"
Charles Martig : Appearance on SRF radio and television on the subject of "Jesus in focus - the conversation about the film"

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ bischoefe.ch, On the start of the new Catholic media centers , interview with media bishop Alain de Raemy
↑ persoenlich.com, Odilo Noti elected President
↑ kath.ch, Newsroom opened by kath.ch the cultural park in Zurich West

[1] schoefe.ch, On the start of the new Catholic media centers , interview with media bishop Alain de Raemy

[2] rsoenlich.com, Odilo Noti elected President

[3] th.ch, Newsroom opened by kath.ch the cultural park in Zurich West