Patrick Rohr

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Patrick Rohr (born May 4, 1968, in Glarus) is a former Swiss TV presenter. He began his career at Swiss national television in 1992 and currently works as a communications consultant and photographer based between Zurich and Amsterdam. [1]

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Journalism

On November 1, 1999, Rohr replaced Filippo Leutenegger as the host and lead editor on the political broadcast Arena. [2] August 23, 2002 he became the successor for Röbi Koller as host of the society magazine «Quer». He hosted this magazine until its cancellation in March 2007.

From February 2012 to December 2015 Rohr attended and completed a programme on documentary and portrait photography at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam. His multimedia graduation project was called Bloody Serious – Trying To Understand The Difficult Search for a Ukrainian Identity. Today he is working as a photojournalist for Helvetas, Glückskette, Ruedi Lüthy Foundation, Support Network, among others, and also travels to various countries, especially in Africa and Asia, for freelance products (i.e. documentary Fokus Japan). [3] [4]

In May 2018, Rohr visited the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh, which at the time was the largest refugee camp in the world. His visit and photographs documenting the conditions in the camp were featured by Swiss public broadcaster SRF . [5]

Communication consulting

In 2009, Rohr gave a public talk on political communication at a municipal campaign event in Horgen. [6]

In 2015, he moderated the Wirtschaftsforum Toggenburg, a regional economic summit attended by government and business representatives, including figures from Economiesuisse and the Boston Consulting Group. [7]

In 2023, he provided expert commentary to the Tages-Anzeiger on the communication strategy of Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann during the bank’s final annual general meeting. [8]

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References

  1. ""Weniger Coolness täte Zürich gut"". Tages-Anzeiger. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. Arena (Talk-Show), Sandro Brotz, Jonas Projer, Urs Leuthard, retrieved 2024-03-24{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Fokus Japan: Unterwegs mit Patrick Rohr (Documentary), Patrick Rohr, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), 2017-11-17, retrieved 2024-03-24{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Patrick Rohr: "Ich war jung und leicht betrunken"". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  5. "Start der Rohingya-Rückführung - Heimat voller Feindseligkeit und Hass". SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. "Keine leeren Phrasen mehr". Tages-Anzeiger. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  7. ""Aufhören mit Jammern"". Aargauer Zeitung. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  8. "Wie glaubwürdig war Axel Lehmanns Entschuldigung?". Tages-Anzeiger. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2025.