Petra Gerster | |
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 Gerster in 2012 | |
| Born | Petra Gerster 25 January 1955 Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Occupation | German television presenter |
| Spouse | Christian Nürnberger |
| Children | 2 |
Petra Gerster [ˈpʰeːtʁaˈgɛᵊstɐ] (born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter.
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. From 1989, she worked as a TV journalist for ZDF. She was a presenter on the German women's magazine show Mona Lisa for ten years.[1]
From 1998 until 2021, Gerster worked as anchor for ZDF's daily news magazine heute, in rotation with Peter Hahne (1998–1999), Klaus-Peter Siegloch (1999–2003), Steffen Seibert (2003–2010), Matthias Fornoff (2010–2014) and Christian Sievers (2014–2021).
Gerster is the sister of politician Florian Gerster and is married to journalist and politician Christian Nürnberger. They live in Mainz.
