Franziska Fischer (born 2 August 1968) is a German journalist, TV presenter and author.

Early life

Franziska Fischer was born in 1968 in Göttingen. She studied theatrical studies and journalism in

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and

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and completed several internships at newspaper offices and television stations.

Career

When SFB (now

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) she began as a reporter for the Radio Berlin 88,8 and the Berliner Abendschau. She then moved into the newsroom of

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 ...

(DW), where she got her first moderation experience. In 2002 she became a correspondent for three years to

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

in the European Centre of Deutsche Welle, where she reported on the enlargement of the EU and also moderated the magazine ''Europa Aktuell''. In early 2009 Fischer joined

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. Since October 2009, she has also been a presenter of

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and the representative for Anja Charlet in ''Heute Mittag''. Since the summer of 2010, she has occasionally presented the show ''Heute – in Deutschland'', the weekend editions of ''heute''- News as well as the Sunday Morning News. Franziska Fischer speaks fluent English and French and has published the book ''Mrs. Peel, wir werden gebraucht!'' about the British TV series

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Books

* ''Mrs. Peel, wir werden gebraucht!.'' Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone; das Buch zur Serie. Bertz Verlag, Berlin 1996, .

References

External links

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