Dionne Stax (born 22 April 1985) is a Dutch journalist and newsreader.

Biography

She attended the Elzendaal College and studied

communication sciences Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differe ...

, with her

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

Tilburg University Tilburg University is a public university, public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands. Tilb ...

and

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

. Stax started in 2007 at ''NOS Headlines'', the predecessor of ''NOS op 3'', as a trainee. There she gave weekly reviews of ''NOS Headlines'' for the digital theme channel NOS Journaal 24. After completing a second internship at the inland editors, Stax graduated from the University of Amsterdam in 2009. In February 2012, Stax became one of the presenters of the news bulletin ''NOS op 3'' on television. In addition to presenting, Stax works as an in-house editor at NOS News. In June 2013 she became one of the fixed faces of the morning and daytime broadcasts of the

NOS Journaal NOS Journaal is the umbrella name for the news broadcasts of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS on radio and television. The division of the NOS responsible for gathering and broadcasting the news is known as ''NOS Nieuws'', and is based at the Med ...

; since May 2015, Stax has also presented the evening bulletins. On 5 December 2015 she presented her first 8pm news. Stax was on air during the Paris attacks in January 2015, breaking the news of both the

Charlie Hebdo shooting On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. CET local time, two French Muslim terrorists and brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper '' Charlie Hebdo'' in Paris. Armed with ...

and the hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket two days later. From 2015, Stax presented the election results as the successor to Herman van der Zandt. On 27 April 2016,

Koningsdag ''Koningsdag'' () or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. When the Dutch monarch is female, the holi ...

, in Zwolle, Stax was the first journalist to interview the princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, after asking the parents of the princesses some questions in the same interview. In 2017, she presented a programme at

Omroep MAX Omroep MAX is a broadcaster in the Netherlands, aimed at viewers over the age of 50. MAX is broadcast on NPO 1, NPO 2, NPO 3 NPO 3 (''NPO drie'', formerly Nederland 3 until 2014) is the third and youngest of the terrestrial television channel ...

and made the documentary series ''Lady Di & Dionne'' for NTR about the life of Lady Diana. In 2016, she wore a shirt with Palestinian black and white kufiyyeh in a gesture against Israeli human rights violations.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stax, Dionne 1985 births Living people Dutch television news presenters Dutch journalists Dutch television presenters People from Boxmeer Tilburg University alumni University of Amsterdam alumni