I am a journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur based in Geneva /// I am the Director of World Radio Switzerland, the English-speaking public service radio of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation /// I am also the Director of Anyscreen, a consulting and multimedia production company /// I have done a few things that have been about written about /// I am straddling the world of historical and social media and observing their difficult, often tense, interaction /// I firmly believe that technology helps us create more compelling content /// I have been in the press and media business for about 30 years /// I am a former Director of New Media at Swiss Television in Geneva /// Before that I was Head of News and Current Affairs /// From 1979 to 1994 I spent 15 years in the US, first as a freelancer in NYC and then as Washington Correspondent and Bureau Chief /// A lot has changed since…Before that…///
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When speaking about traditional media, I do not believe in the “death” of print, or radio, or tv /// I prefer to talk about the “death of death”, in other words about transformation and evolution /// I do believe however that it is through our computer screens and no longer through television or radio that our image of the the world and of reality is shaped. The net is therefore our media of refrence /// Period /// I am also convinced that media per se matters less than how we experience media /// And I am also of the opinion that technology has a bigger impact on society than content. Most often, that last conviction does not go down too well with my fellow journalists. Pretty much everything I do today is collecting the arguments to make my case convincing.