Andrea Sanke is an American

television journalist Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

. She currently works as a senior presenter for

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Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Career

After working for US broadcasters

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and

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in the mid-1990s, Andrea was based in Bogota, Colombia reporting for the country's national morning TV news program, 7.30 Caracol. She then worked for a year in Italy working in marketing and promotions, before returning to Chicago in late 1998 to become the midday news voice of

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radio affiliate, Newstalk 89 WLS. In 2000, she joined JazzRadio 101.9 in Berlin as promotions director before returning to broadcasting with Germany's international broadcaster,

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...

. In 2003, Sanke volunteered in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

for a few months as a caretaker for abandoned and socially disadvantaged children before returning to Berlin and DW. After nearly five years presenting news and business, Sanke relocated to London where she began anchoring and reporting for

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in various news, business and features programs. She eventually left London for Paris for the launch of France's first 24-hour international news channel in English, as the prime time presenter for

France 24 France 24 ( in French) is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish and are aimed at the overseas market. Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-M ...

. After spending three years in France, Sanke spent six years on the road, until she settled down in Cape Town, South Africa, where she taught history at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

to high school students. As a registered emergency care parent, she also fostered teenage girls. In October 2017, she was a speaker at the opening session of the TRT World Forum. Sanke was hired in 2015 to present for

, where she remains in her capacity as a journalist and senior presenter until today.

Recognition

* 2008: Young Global Leader, at

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References

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