Roger de Weck

Roger François Philippe de Weck (born 17 October 1953) is a Swiss journalist, publicist and executive.

Life
He is a son of former Swiss Bank Corporation president Philippe de Weck and a prominent member of the De Weck family.

From 1982 to 1993, de Weck worked as reporter for German weekly Die Zeit. From 1993 to 1997 he worked as editor-in-chief for Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger and from 1998 as editor-in-chief for Die Zeit. From 2001 to 2010 he worked as a free journalist for different newspapers.

At a public meeting organized by de Wecke and writer Adolf Muschg in September 2002, more than 1,500 people signed a petition calling for Christoph Marthaler's reinstatement as artistic director of the Schauspielhaus Zürich.

De Weck later served as CEO of Swiss Radio and Television from 2011 to 2017.

In 2023, de Weck was appointed by Germany’s state governments as a member of an expert group advising on a reform of country’s public broadcasting.

Works by Weck

 * Der Fall Chiasso (together with Max Mabillard). Tribune, Geneva 1977.
 * Kuhschweizer und Sauschwaben. Schweizer, Deutsche und ihre Hassliebe (ed. together with Jürg Altwegg). Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-312-00315-6.
 * Nach der Krise. Gibt es einen anderen Kapitalismus? Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-312-00454-6.
 * ÄÄSind die Schweizer die besseren Deutschen? Der Hass auf die kleinen Unterschiede'' (together with Jürg Altwegg). Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-312-00457-7.
 * Die Kraft der Demokratie – Eine Antwort auf die autoritären Reaktionäre. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-518-42931-0.