A new smartphone media service, Yverdon.express, has launched in Switzerland as a “laboratory for local journalism”. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The media outlet launched a three month test phase in the French-speaking Yverdon-les-Bains region. The Yverdon.express aims to be a “complement” to the existing media offering. + Swiss lawmakers consider AI data ‘theft’ defences In concrete terms, the medium will offer its audience three weekly events: local news on Tuesdays, ideas for outings on Thursdays, and a podcast with personalities from the region on Fridays. A journalist and a community manager will take the project into the field. Their editor-in-chief will be the former editor-in-chief of La Broye Hebdo in Payerne, Danièle Pittet. The trio will be supported by journalist Jean Abbiateci as editorial manager and entrepreneur and publisher Tibère Adler. Financially, the medium is supported by the Innovation Fund for Multimedia Journalism. A support …