René Zeyer
René Zeyer (born October 3, 1955 in Berlin ) is a German journalist and author based in Switzerland .
Life
Zeyer studied history and German at the University of Zurich . He received his doctorate in 1985 with Peter von Matt with a thesis on the thought forms of Lion Feuchtwanger . He began his professional career as a reporter and editor , among others at TransAtlantik and the magazine Wiener . Then he was head of text and production at Schweizer Illustrierte , then foreign correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung based in the Cuban capital Havana . In 2000 he returned to Switzerland and initially worked as a correspondent for Stern , then as an author and producer for the SonntagsZeitung , as an author for the Basler Zeitung and as a senior consultant and vice- CEO at a communications agency, and as a consultant for banks and financial service providers . Since 2008 he has been active as spokesman for victims of the bankruptcy of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers in Switzerland.
Zeyer used to write regularly on the online platform Journal21 and is the owner of Zeyer Kommunikation . In April 2019 he was u. a. by Arthur Rutishauser , editor of the Sunday paper , accused of writing his journalistic activities with those as a paid communications strategist to mix and favorable exchange for money article about his client communications company. Zeyer did not comment directly on the allegations, but described them as "unfounded" in a post published a few months later on persoenlich.com . Zeyer has been a guest author for the Axis of the Good since 2014 .
Since July 2020 he has been running the media-critical online portal Zackbum.ch with Beni Frenkel and Lorenz Steinmann . The media show.
He is married to a Cuban woman and lives in Zurich.
Works
- Lion Feuchtwanger's Historical Novel: An Examination of a Novelist's Thoughts. Zurich 1985 ( dissertation ).
- Snow over Havana: Roman. Ammann, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-250-10345-4 .
- Bank, banker, bankruptcy: stories from the world of rip-offs. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-280-05341-6 .
- Zaster and disaster: New stories from the world of rip-offs. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-280-05384-3 .
- Cash or crash. See through rip-offs - instructions for use. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-280-05440-6 .
- Poverty Is Theft: Why The Poor Ruin Us. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-593-50032-4 .
- Valentin Landmann : The secret hostage-taking. The US tax war against Switzerland (with contributions by René Zeyer, foreword by Daniel Jositsch ). Offizin, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-907496-86-2 .
Web links
- Entry about René Zeyer in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Zeyer Kommunikation website
- "Schawinski" program : Roger Schawinski in conversation with René Zeyer. Video in: SRF 1 from June 10, 2013 ( online, 26 minutes )
- René Zeyer: The world as will and madness. How journalism and the intellectuals abolish themselves. On the debate about Chemnitz (Basler Zeitung, September 5, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ^ Articles by René Zeyer in the Basler Zeitung .
- ^ Roman Neumann: This is how Credit Suisse wears down the Lehman victims blick.ch, March 3, 2009
- ^ DV Bern AG: Zeyer: Kommunikation. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
- ^ Christian Brönnimann, Arthur Rutishauser: The double game of a business journalist . In: Tages-Anzeiger . April 17, 2019, ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed January 20, 2020]).
- ↑ The press council and the rubbish. July 18, 2019, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Author profile and articles by René Zeyer on the axis of the good . Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
- ↑ site Zackbum.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeyer, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |