Petra Gerster

Petra Gerster [ˈpʰeːtʁaˈgɛᵊstɐ] (born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter.

Petra Gerster
Gerster in 2012
Born
Petra Gerster

(1955-01-25) 25 January 1955
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany (now Germany)
OccupationGerman television presenter
Spouse(s)Christian Nürnberger
Children2

Life and career

Starting in 1973, Gerster studied German studies, Slavic studies, and literature with a grant of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation at the University of Konstanz, as well as in the US and in Paris. In 1981 she received a Master of Arts

Gerster began her career as a newspaper journalist with Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Since 1989, she has been working as a TV journalist for ZDF. She was a presenter on the German women's magazine show Mona Lisa for ten years.[1]

Since 1998 Gerster has been working as anchor for ZDF's daily news magazine heute, in rotation with Christian Sievers (since 2014).

Other activities

Personal life

Petra Gerster is the sister of politician Florian Gerster and is married to journalist and politician Christian Nürnberger. They live in Mainz.

Literature
  • Petra Gerster, Christian Nürnberger: Der Erziehungsnotstand. Wie wir die Zukunft unserer Kinder retten. Berlin (Rowohlt-Verlag). 2002. ISBN 3-87134-433-8
  • Petra Gerster, Christian Nürnberger: Stark für das Leben. Wege aus dem Erziehungsnotstand. Berlin (Rowohlt-Verlag). 2003. ISBN 3-87134-464-8
  • Petra Gerster: Reifeprüfung: Die Frau von 50 Jahren. Berlin (Rowohlt-Verlag). 2007. ISBN 978-3-87134-533-3
  • Petra Gerster, Andrea Stoll: Ihrer Zeit voraus. Frauen verändern die Welt. Munich (cbj Verlag). 2009. ISBN 978-3-570-13403-0
  • Petra Gerster, Christian Nürnberger: Charakter: Worauf es bei Bildung wirklich ankommt, Berlin (Rowolth-Verlag). 2010. ISBN 978-3-87134-679-8
  • Petra Gerster: Es wächst zusammen... Wir Deutschen und die Einheit. Cologne (Lingen Verlag), 2010. ISBN 978-3-938323-61-8

Awards

References
  1. "Broadcaster ZDF:Biography Petra Gerster". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  2. Supervisory Board Witten/Herdecke University.
  3. Board of Trustees Hertie Foundation.
  4. Board of Trustees Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Wormser Dom.
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