On 18 and 19 September, the SRG Board of Directors is expected to decide what will happen to the editorial team of Radio SRF in Bern. The SRF management is determined to integrate the majority of the staff at the Leutschenbach TV site in Zurich. This would affect the “Echo der Zeit”, “Rendez-vous” and “Heute Morgen” broadcast editorial teams, but also the news department, SRF 4 News and the specialist business and foreign editorial teams, as well as the correspondents.
The Board of Directors’ decision has far-reaching taiwan rcs data consequences: over the decades, a great deal of know-how has been concentrated at the Bern radio site. It has given rise to a culture that is invaluable for quality journalism. In recent weeks, opposition to the threatened mutilation of the Bern radio editorial team has grown louder. The staff, in turn, has drawn up a proposal for an audio competence centre in Bern and is organising a rally with allies on Bundesplatz on Thursday evening .
In the spring, the centralization project was touted as a cost-saving measure. Because the savings effect could not be credibly communicated, a new magic word had to be found later: digitization. The area of "research and development" can only be systematically advanced if everyone involved is under one roof, explained SRF director Ruedi Matter in an interview . The opposite is true: digitization in particular opens up opportunities for decentralized work.