Brigitte Bastgen
Brigitte Bastgen (born March 14, 1955 in Trier ) is a German journalist and news anchor .
Life
Brigitte Bastgen grew up in Wittlich and studied education , philology , Romance languages and English .
She worked as a German and French teacher for ten years before applying for an internship at ZDF in the summer of 1987 . Sports director Dieter Kürten recognized her talent and brought her in front of the camera. Brigitte Bastgen spoke in the program sport am Sonntag , the sports news in the Sunday edition of the heute program (1988–1989) and moderated the tele-illustrated (1989–1990).
On August 30, 1990, Brigitte Bastgen spoke for the first time as studio editor of the reports in the main edition of heute-Nachrichten at 7:00 p.m. In 1998 she was replaced by Katrin Müller , who was nine years her junior , and has since presented the afternoon editions of the heute program . Bastgen sued in court against this transfer, but rejected several settlement offers from ZDF and ultimately lost the process.
In addition to her job as a news presenter, Bastgen also works as a freelance business journalist as well as a trainer for communication strategies and a coach for managerial responsibility in the European economy.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bastgen, Brigitte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |