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Series: Monthly topics

«Verdeckt unter Rechtsextremen»
CORRECTIV.Schweiz

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A series of talks organized by Gessnerallee in cooperation with various editorial teams: once a month, an editorial team selects a key journalistic topic and discusses it live with the audience. This time, the focus is on the international networking of right-wing extremists.

  • Wed 04/0319:30 – 21:00

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Gessnerallee presents a series of journalistic focus topics in collaboration with different editorial teams. Copyright: Bodara GmbH

The most well-known far-right organisation in Switzerland at the moment, Junge Tat, invited two AfD members of parliament to Kloten to talk about ‘remigration’. A team of journalists from Germany and Switzerland wanted to find out what was happening there. But how could they get this information?

They decided to go undercover. A reporter from CORRECTIV attended the meeting incognito. The Recherche Nord research collective photographed the participants in the car park outside the venue. CORRECTIV.Schweiz and Republik then analysed the covert recordings. They show that neo-Nazis from the Blood & Honour milieu, a group that has been banned in Germany for over 20 years, were present. Two of them were about to stand trial in Zurich for allegedly organising a Nazi concert. The investigation shows that Junge Tat has closer ties to neo-Nazis than it admits in public and how right-wing extremists network across national borders.

Join us this evening to learn how the journalists proceeded and what it takes to conduct covert investigations. In addition, artistic scenic impulses will bring journalism and art closer together.

Information about the host

CORRECTIV.Schweiz is a non-profit research centre. Together with the population, they conduct research to strengthen democracy. They use innovative approaches and methods, such as the CrowdNewsroom they developed. They also network local journalists and uncover social injustices, either alone or together with partners.

Information on accessibility and language

  • 90-minute event without intermission

  • In spoken German

  • Stepless access

  • Once a month, an editorial team selects a journalistic focus topic and shares it live with visitors on site. Gessnerallee's new series of talks takes place in cooperation with various editorial teams. The ‘monthly topics’ were inspired by the highly acclaimed ‘Kosmopolitics’ series, which took place at the former Kosmos.

  • CORRECTIV.Schweiz is a non-profit research centre. Together with the population, they conduct research to strengthen democracy. They use innovative approaches and methods, such as the CrowdNewsroom they developed. They also network local journalists and uncover social injustices, either alone or together with partners.

    The Republik is a digital magazine covering politics, economics, society and culture, which has been published since January 2018. It is financed by its readers and publishes one to three articles every day.

    WAV is a twelve-member research collective from Zurich. They have been research partners for journalists and editorial offices, civil society and the non-profit sector since 2021. Their research critically scrutinises and opens the doors of boardrooms and boardrooms where decisions that affect everyone are quietly made. They create transparency - so that those responsible are not judged by their words, but by their actions.

    Tsüri.ch was founded in 2015 by Simon Jacoby together with a group of young journalists with the aim of producing independent local journalism. A city magazine that is always critical, on the pulse of the city and transparent. Every year, they organise focus months on topics such as housing, addiction and mobility. The content of these focus months includes panel discussions, city walks and workshops.

    REFLEKT, Switzerland's first independent and non-profit research team, was founded in 2019. Since then, a small, powerful team has been carrying out major research with a big impact. In order to uncover abuses and promote transparency, they focus on investigative research projects lasting several months, which traditional editorial teams are increasingly unable to handle. By presenting their work in an attractive way and publishing it via various channels, they make their work accessible to the widest possible audience. In this way, they promote quality in journalism, increase public awareness and contribute to media diversity and a functioning democracy.

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