Judith Rakers
German journalist and television presenter (born 1976)
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Judith Deborah Rakers (born 6 January 1976) is a German journalist and television presenter.
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| Born | Judith Deborah Rakers 6 January 1976[1][2] |
| Occupations | Journalist, TV presenter |
| Years active | Early 2000s – present |
| Career | |
| Station | ARD |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | judithrakers |
Biography
Rakers was born in Paderborn, West Germany, and grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. After graduating at Pelizaeus-Gymnasium Paderborn, from 1995 to 2001 she studied journalism and communication studies, German philology and modern and contemporary history at the University of Münster. In parallel, she worked as a radio presenter at the radio stations Radio Hochstift and Antenne Münster.[citation needed]
From January 2004 to 17 January 2010, Rakers presented the Hamburg Journal for local TV station Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
From 7 July 2005 to 31 January 2024, Rakers presented the Tagesschau news programme on ARD.[3][4] She also read the news in the Tagesthemen, Nachtmagazin and Morgenmagazin.[2] Rakers also presents Radio Bremen's talk show 3 nach 9. On 14 May 2011 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, together with Stefan Raab and Anke Engelke.
