Born and raised in Ticino, Peter Schiesser is editor of Azione, a weekly newspaper published by Migros Ticino. He graduated from journalism school Scuola superiore di Giornalismo di Urbino in 1989, and went on to work as a journalist for local TV news bulletin Il Quotidiano and for local newspaper Corriere del Ticino. In 1993 he started working as a journalist for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, first for radio and eventually in television. In 2010 he won the Best Journalist in Ticino prize.