Breaking:

They had eaten the meat: hunters die of “zombie deer” disease

Joe Biden talks about his suicidal thoughts – and what stopped him

Eight departments on orange alert for storms

FDP leader Lindner: Blows against Söder, taunts against Scholz – politics

Television: Judith Rakers quits as “Tagesschau” spokeswoman

0

TV
Judith Rakers quits as “Tagesschau” spokeswoman

Judith Rakers is leaving the “Tagesschau”. photo

© Jens Kalaene/dpa

She is one of the most famous TV news anchors in Germany. Judith Rakers is quitting the “Tagesschau” after 19 years.

Judith Rakers will quit as “Tagesschau” spokeswoman at the end of January. The 48-year-old is leaving at her own request because she wants to concentrate more on her entrepreneurial activities, said the public broadcaster Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg. She can be seen on the show for the last time on January 31st.

There will therefore initially be no successor. The 8 p.m. main edition, which is watched by millions of viewers every day, will continue to be presented by Jens Riewa, Susanne Daubner, Julia-Niharika Sen, Thorsten Schröder and Constantin Schreiber.

Moderator Rakers was quoted in the NDR announcement as saying: “After 19 successful and exciting years at the “Tagesschau”, I have decided with a heavy heart to leave. It is time to focus my life on other projects to further expand my entrepreneurial activities and tackle new things for which there was previously not enough time in addition to the news shift work.”

She doesn’t turn her back on television completely. She continues to moderate the talk show “3nach9” (Radio Bremen/NDR) and she continues to present episodes of the ARD travel magazine “Wunderschön”.