Petra Gerster, the celebrated presenter of the ZDF “heute” program, is retiring.
She not only earned praise for her work.
Mainz - She is a veteran of ZDF, almost every resident of Germany has seen her on the TV screen: Petra Gerster.
For over 20 years she has been the main presenter of the Mainz broadcaster's "heute" program.
But from May 26, 2021 it will be over, the 66-year-old will retire after her last show.
After stints at WDR and BR, Gerster came to ZDF in 1989, where she was editor and presenter of the social magazine "ML Mona Lisa" for over ten years.
In addition, she was active for 3sat, including leading the “3sat women's regulars' table”.
Since 1998 Gerster has been moderating “Today” at 7 pm.
In 1999 she even received the Bambi, the media and television prize from Hubert Burda Media, for her presentation on the news program.
“Today” presenter Petra Gerster: Got angry news because of gender
Gerster does not only receive praise for their moderation.
She started gendering in October last year.
With her, this is expressed in pauses, so she says “spectators” instead of “spectators”.
She followed her ZDF colleague Klaus Kleber, who started gendering before her.
Gerster claims to have received a lot of angry messages for gendering.
"The majority of viewers refuse," said Gerster on the talk show "Maischberger" on March 10th.
"I get a lot of mail from the audience and have to answer a lot of letters every week."
Petra Gerster retired: a puppy comes into the house
What does Gerster do with her free time?
There is no way she will get bored as she has set out on a number of projects.
She wanted to "write another book" with her husband Christian Nürnberger, she told the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
"Then a puppy comes into the house - whether it will be a schnauzer or a terrier or a mixed breed has not yet been discussed."
Above all, she is looking forward to more time with her husband, who is also a journalist. “I just can't think of a person I'd rather spend my time with,” said Gerster. They are "not just both political journalists". They could "talk, argue and laugh with one another inexhaustibly." (Mhof / dpa)
