Christine Westermann

Westermann grew up in Mannheim. After finishing her Abitur she did an editorial traineeship at Mannheimer Morgen [de] and attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalism School) in Munich. Starting in 1972, she worked as a freelance journalist for several radio and TV stations, produced films and reports and moderated the drehscheibe [de] on ZDF. In 1983 she switched to WDR and moderated the Aktuelle Stunde [de] until 2002, from 1987 on together with Frank Plasberg.

Since 1996 Westermann has been moderating the show Zimmer frei! [de] together with Götz Alsmann, in which an alternating famous "roommate" will be challenged with unusual tasks and games. Westermann and Alsmann called the format a "children's birthday party for celebrities". For their work with Zimmer frei! the duo has been awarded with the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2000.

Westermann also works as a host for the German radio station WDR 2, where she presents – rotating with her colleagues – the Montalk (Monday talk) and on Sundays the Buchtipp (Book tip). In 2010 she was awarded with the German Radio prize (Deutscher Radiopreis [de]) in the category Best Interview.

In 1999 Christine Westermann published her first book Baby, when will you marry me? – A novel from the jungle of relationships (German title: Baby, wann heiratest du mich?). One year later her second book I think he dropped (me). Stories out of the real life (German: Ich glaube, er hat Schluss gemacht. Geschichten aus dem richtigen Leben) followed. In collaboration with Jörg Thadeusz [de] she published the 2008 book Invitation for dance – a twosome story (German: Aufforderung zum Tanz – Eine Zweiergeschichte), a correspondence between two journalists.