Judith Rakers

Judith Rakers (born 6 January 1976 in Paderborn, Germany) is a German journalist and television presenter.
Biography.
Rakers grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. She graduated from the . She studied journalism and communication studies, German philology and modern and contemporary history at the University of Münster. At the same time, Rakers worked as a radio presenter at the -local radio stations; and .
From January 2004 to 17 January 2010, Rakers presented the "Hamburg Journal" for local TV station Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Since 2005, Rakers has presented the "Tagesschau" news programme on ARD, as well as reading the news in the "Tagesthemen", "Nachtmagazin" and "Morgenmagazin".
In addition to the "Tagesschau", 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.