Urs P. Gasche

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Urs Paul Gasche (born March 1, 1945 in Basel ; legal resident in Bolken and Basel) is a Swiss journalist , publicist and former television presenter .

life and career

After completing his studies at the HEI in Geneva , he worked from 1969 to 1982 as a journalist for various newspapers and for Swiss television . From 1982 to 1985 he was editor-in-chief of the Berner Zeitung .

From 1986 to 1996 he directed and moderated the consumer protection television program Kassensturz . Until 2004 he was co-editor of the magazines K-Tipp , Puls-Tipp , Bon à Savoir and co-owner of the TV production company X-Productions . Since then he has been working as a freelance journalist and in particular works for the Internet newspaper Infosperber . Gasche is President of the Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Independent Information (SSUI).

Since 1981 he has published books on various topics at irregular intervals.

Books

  • Farmers, nuns, Alusuisse . How an industry plays out its power, civil servants disregard the will of the people and the environment is ruined. A true Swiss story. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1981, ISBN 3-7296-0126-1 .
  • Le scandale Alusuisse. La guerre du fluor en Valais. Editions d'en bas, Lausanne 1982, ISBN 978-2-8290-0027-0 .
  • Cash drop. The makers unpack. (Co-author). Werd, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-85932-012-2 .
  • The 60 best tips. Werd, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-85932-072-6
  • The chatter about the free market economy. How companies distort competition, exploit nature and ask taxpayers to pay for it. (with Hanspeter Guggenbühl, Werner Vontobel ). Rio, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-907768-15-9 .
  • The chatter about growth (with Hanspeter Guggenbühl). Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-05101-0 .
  • Cross-examination: health care costs. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-280-06078-8 .
  • Plagued and dispossessed. The south and east approaches to Zurich Airport - and their consequences for the residents. (Ed.). Orell Füssli, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-280-05211-4 .
  • No more growth madness - a plea for a turnaround. (with Hanspeter Guggenbühl). Rüegger Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7253-0965-8 .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. On the trail of consumption fraud. In: Tele . October 20, 1994.
  2. Editions Plus S.à rl  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Internet excerpt, Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich, accessed on March 9, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / zh.powernet.ch  
  3. "Urs P. Gasche - Professional Biography". In: Infosperber.ch. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
  4. Andreas Fagetti: "A portal for opinion makers". In: WOZ The weekly newspaper . March 10, 2016, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  5. "- Trustees The SSUI foundation". In: Website "Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Independent Information - SSUI". Retrieved May 21, 2020 .