Judith Rakers is a German journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Rakers grew up in Bad Lippspringe

Bad Lippspringe

Bad Lippspringe is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald, approx. 10 km north-east of Paderborn...

 with her single father. After graduating from the 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

University of Münster

The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...

. In parallel, Rakers worked as a radio presenter at the NRW-local radio stations; Radio Hochstift and Antenne Münster.

From January 2004 to 17 January 2010, Rakers presented the Hamburg Journal for local TV-station Norddeutscher Rundfunk

Norddeutscher Rundfunk

Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...

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Since 2005, Rakers presents the Tagesschau news programme on ARD, as well as reading the news in the Tagesthemen

Tagesthemen

Tagesthemen is one of Germany's prime daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow. Second only to the 8:00 PM Tagesschau Tagesthemen is the most important newscast of the ARD...

, Nachtmagazin and Morgenmagazin.

In addition to the Tagesschau, Rakers also presents Radio Bremen

Radio Bremen

Radio Bremen , Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen...

's talk show 3 nach 9.

On 14 May 2011 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 together with Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab

Stefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, television host, comedian and musician. Raab began his television career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993 and has been hosting the late-night comedy show TV total since 1999. He became well-known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing...

 and Anke Engelke

Anke Engelke

Anke Christina Fischer is a German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.Engelke moved to Cologne in 1971 with her parents...

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External links

• Judith Rakers' official website