| Judith Rakers | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1976[1] [2] |
| Birth Place: | Paderborn, West Germany |
| Birth Name: | Judith Deborah Rakers |
| Occupation: | Journalist, TV presenter |
| Years Active: | Early 2000s – present |
| Station: | ARD |
| Country: | Germany |
Judith Deborah Rakers (born 6 January 1976) is a German journalist and television presenter.
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.
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 . On 14 May 2011 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, together with Stefan Raab and Anke Engelke.