ORF mourns the loss of Mathilde Schwabeneder: an icon of reporting died!

ORF mourns the loss of Mathilde Schwabeneder: an icon of reporting died!

Rom, Italien - Sad news shakes the ORF family: The estimated journalist Mathilde Schwabeneder died on Friday, March 14, 2025, at the age of 69 after a long illness. Known as a long -time correspondent in Rome, who reported important events in the Vatican, Italy and Malta, she leaves an impressive journalistic career. ORF General Director Roland Weißmann expressed his dismay and called Schwabeneder a "particularly integrated and outstanding ORF journalist legend", which has always tried to take a respectful and sensitive journalism that focused on people, as [Exxpress.at] reports.

born in Wels and originally trained as speech therapist, Schwabeneder moved to Rome in 1983, where she studied and did her doctorate at the University of "La Sapienza". She started her journalistic career in 1995 at ORF, initially as an Ö1 editor in the field of information and religion before moving to television in 1999. From 2007 to 2020 she headed the ORF office in Rome and was active as a commentator with significant events, such as the funerals of Pope John Paul II and the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI. She also bravely reported from crisis areas, including the South Sudan. Schwabeneder led numerous important interviews, including the Dalai Lama and Hollywood star Richard Gere, as [tv.orf.at] emphasized.

commemoration and program changes

In memory of Mathilde Schwabeneder, ORF 2 will radiate her documentary "in the service of the Pope" at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2025. In addition, the “Orientation” program sends an obituary to the estimated journalist at 12:30 p.m. Your heir as pioneer of journalism and as a voice for the important topics of our time is valued and recognized by many.