Markus Peter Gilli (born 30 May 1955 in Zürich) is a

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radio and television journalist and member of the governing board of the television arm of .AZmedien
media release of 25 March 2014. Gilli began his career in 1980 on , which was the first Swiss private radio station. He was employed there as an

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and

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until 1999 and than as a head editor and program director. In 1992 and 1994, Markus Gilli won the ''Tele''-Prize for a 24-hour report on the Zurich drug scene at the

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, as well as the Zurich radio prize for a report on the heavy impact of that drug scene on the residents of the surrounding areas of Zurich. In August 1997, Gilli took over as editor and presenter of the talk-show, ''SonnTalk'' on

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and

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. From 1999 until 2014, he was program editor and editor-in-chief at TeleZüri. Since 1 April 2014, he has been editor in chief of the various channels of AZ Medien (TeleZüri, , , ). He also presented ''SonnTalk'' and ''TalkTäglich'' on TeleZüri. In 2013 he was honoured with the "Journalist of the Year" award.Journalist des Jahres
Markus Gilli (with image)

References

External links

Interview with Markus Gilli in ''Medienwoche''
* Interview with Markus Gilli in ''Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich''

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