Sylke Gruhnwald is editor-in-chief of the Swiss magazine Republik.
Gruhnwald was born in Munich, Germany n 1981. After living in Vienna, Austria, she now calls Zurich, Switzerland, home. She studied Sinology and Business Administration. She worked for The Economist Group, its Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as well as the Swiss daily newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), the Swiss magazine Beobachter and headed the data- and document-driven investigation unit SRF Data at the public broadcaster Swiss Radio and Television (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRF).
Sylke Gruhnwald is co-founder of Hacks / Hackers Zurich, Lobbywatch.ch as well as Reporter-Forum Switzerland. She is a former chair of Journalismfund Europe. and a board member of Investigativ.ch.
Gruhnwald also initiated the investigation project The Migrants’ Files. She is a member of the jury for both Reporterpreis and the Nannen-Preis. Together with her teams, Gruhnwald herself has won several awards.