Anne Will

Anne Will ( born March 18, 1966 in Cologne ) is a German television journalist. From 2001 to 2007, she hosted the newscast issues of the day in the First, since September 2007 she leads the political talk show Anne Will the NDR in the First.

Youth

Anne Will grew up as the daughter of an architect and a former postal worker on in Hürth. She has an older brother. After graduating from the Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, she studied from 1985 at the University of Cologne and at the Free University of Berlin history, political science and English. During her studies she worked as a journalist at the Cologne Rundschau and the Spandau people sheet and a scholarship from the Friedrich- Ebert -Stiftung. In 1990, she completed her studies in Cologne with a Master degree.

ARD

After graduating, she worked at the Sender Freies Berlin and performed there from 1991 to 1992 as an intern in radio and television. End of 1992, Will was known to a wider viewing audience when she talk show Let's be honest and the Sports Palace moderated for SFB. From 1996 to 1998 she was a hostess in the media show Parlazzo the WDR. As of November 1999, she presented the first woman to hitherto male-dominated sports show what they abruptly made ​​known to a large audience. In 2000 she hosted for ARD sports broadcasts of the Olympic Games from Sydney.

As the successor of Gabi Bauer Will came on 14 April 2001, its new role as host of the daily topics, initially alternating with Ulrich Wickert, from September 2006, alternating with his successor Tom Buhrow. Your last show she hosted on 24 June 2007; after which it was replaced by Caren Miosga.

After Günther Jauch had refused the position offered, chose the director of the ARD Will the successor of Sabine Christiansen for their political talk show, which aired under the name Anne Will on 16 September 2007, the first time. It is produced by the Will Media GmbH, whose Managing Director is Anne Will. On 10 July 2011 she hosted her last show in this time slot before starting September 11, 2011 Günther Jauch took this. Your shipment has been running every Wednesday at 22.45 clock in the First.

In September 2013, she hosted along with Maybrit Illner, Kloeppel and Stefan Raab, the Chancellor's duel between Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbrück.

Community involvement

Will support various social projects, including them is an ambassador of the " Room of Names " at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

In addition, it is among the first signatories of the most famous per share. The campaign launched by more than 300 journalists in Germany in February 2012 followed an increase in the proportion of women in the leadership hierarchy of the German media industry over the next five years to at least 30 percent. "The fact that only a fraction of the leadership positions is occupied in the broadcasters and publishing houses of women, " was, writes Will, " a catastrophic instance of maladministration. " Without quota to it obviously does not change.

Private life

Will lives in Berlin. Your partner is the communication scientist Miriam Meckel. The previously existing relationship longer made ​​welcome in 2007 publicly.

Awards

  • 2001: nominated for the Adolf- Grimme-Preis Special - for their " moderation talent and broad journalistic competence"
  • 2002: Golden Camera as Shooting Star 2001 ( Hörzu reader's choice )
  • 2005: International B.A.U.M. Special Price
  • 2006: nominated for the Grimme Award
  • 2006: German Television Award: Best moderation Information for tagesthemen
  • 2007: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Prize for TV Journalism
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