1. Anne Will was anchorwoman of the daily Tagesthemen news broadcast on ARD from 2001 until 2007.
12 Facts About Anne Will
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Anne Will grew up in Hurth and attended the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium high school.
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Anne Will began her career in radio and television at Sender Freies Berlin.
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Anne Will hosted the Westdeutscher Rundfunk show Parlazzo from 1996 to 1998.
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In November 1999 Anne Will became the first woman to host the Sportschau sport show.
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Will's political talk show Anne Will ran from 16 September 2007 to 3 December 2023.
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Alongside Maybrit Illner, Peter Kloeppel and Stefan Raab, Will moderated the only TV election debate between incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel and her competitor Peer Steinbruck ahead of the 2013 elections, which was aired live on four of Germany's most-watched television channels during prime-time.
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Anne Will interviewed Merkel in September 2009, in October 2015, in February 2016, November 2016 and in June 2018.
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Anne Will hosted Merkel's successor Olaf Scholz for the first time in March 2022.
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In 2010, Anne Will interviewed former Chancellor Gerhard Schroder for daily newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung.
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An active contributor to the Kindernothilfe and UNICEF charities, Anne Will is involved in projects aiming to eliminate landmines.
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Anne Will serves as Ambassador for the Room of Names of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.