swissinfo celebrates ten years of Swiss news
Friday marks the tenth anniversary of swissinfo.ch, a multimedia platform that produces news about Switzerland in nine languages for an international audience.
Based in Bern and part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, the enterprise was created by federal mandate. The portal replaced shortwave radio broadcasts produced by Swiss Radio International for decades.
swissinfo aims to provide an authentic image of Switzerland through special dossiers and coverage of a wide array of topics of worldwide interest. The target audience are Swiss nationals living abroad and those with ties to or an interest in the country.
Teams produce content in three national languages – French, German and Italian –as well as English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese.
A pilot programme for a tenth language, Russian, will launch in time to cover to the World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland next month.
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here. Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.