Judith Rakers hat The “Tagesschau” was presented for the last time. The 48-year-old said goodbye on Wednesday evening End of the ARD 8 p.m. news program like this: “And now ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say goodbye very discreetly, because this is my last “Tagesschau” broadcast today.
Thank you for having me in the last 19 years have repeatedly let into your living room. And thanks to the best colleagues in the world, have a nice evening: Bye.”
In the credits you could see like colleagues in the studio on the NDR premises and brought flowers for Rakers. Among them was “Tagesschau” spokesman Jens Riewa. The 48-year-old wore one in her last broadcast cream colored jumpsuit. The main topics of the 15-minute edition were remembering the victims of National Socialism in the Bundestag and the general debate in the Bundestag.
The Tagesschau team says goodbye to TV news anchor Judith Rakers with flowers.
Rakers stops focusing more on her to concentrate on entrepreneurial activity – For example, she wrote a children’s book and is been gardening for years active.
The native of Paderborn worked as a spokeswoman for the “Tagesschau” for 19 years. In 2005 she appeared in front of the camera for the first time as a spokeswoman for the news program – in the main edition at 8 p.m. for the first time in March 2008. She will not turn her back on public television completely: she moderates the talk show “3nach9” (Radio Bremen/NDR). She continues to do so, and she continues to present episodes of the ARD travel magazine “Wunderschön”.
One Successor to the “Tagesschau” According to ARD, Rakers will not initially be available. The 8 p.m. main editionwhich is seen by millions of viewers every day, will continue to be presented by Jens Riewa, Susanne Daubner, Julia-Niharika Sen, Thorsten Schröder and Constantin Schreiber.
Judith Rakers at the “Tagesschau”: That’s how it started
Im August 2005 Rakers celebrated its “Tagesschau” premiere, at that time the Federal Chancellor was still called Gerhard Schröder and the video portal YouTube was only six months old.
Im March 2008 Rakers moderated the main edition of the “Tagesschau” at 8 p.m. for the first time. Until 2010 she was also the presenter of the “Hamburg Journal” on NDR.
Judith Rakers during her first moderation of the 8 p.m. Tagesschau
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What has Rakers done so far besides the Tagesschau? She has published three books, including a children’s book, about vegetable growing, nature and gardening. Rakers also produces sustainable products under their own brand. Her podcast “Homefarming – Make it delicious at home” is also about your own garden (but there hasn’t been a new episode for almost a year).
Judith Rakers at the presentation and reading of her first children’s book on January 27th, 2024.
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“I don’t want to keep doing the same thing for 40 years! “I’m hungry for life,” she told the “Tagesspiegel” in 2021.
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