Jessica Zahedi (born 1 August 1978 in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

) is a German television presenter and journalist. Zahedi completed her Abitur at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

and studied political science at the

University of Hagen The University of Hagen (german: link=no, FernUniversität in Hagen, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rh ...

. Later she worked at Radio RPR, where she was a trainee. After collaborating on an online TV project of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and as a reporter, she participated in the launch of the youth wave

bigFM Big FM is a German radio network that consists of three regional radio stations: ''bigFM Der Neue Beat'' in Baden-Württemberg, ''bigFM Hot Music Radio'' in Rhineland-Palatinate and ''bigFM Saarland'' in Saarland. The format is Rhythmic CHR, and ...

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. Finally, she went to Hamburg to work at

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in advertising. Then she returned to Mainz. Since 2006 she has worked at

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in the

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program. Zahedi has a child born in 2012.Was War Wann
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Programs

;Currently: * heute Xpress (since 2015) ;Formerly: * heute plus (2011–2015) *

heute ''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from cu ...

(Early and late editions, short segments during the ZDF morning magazine; 2011-2015)

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