Portrait of Katja Stauber – 28 years of perfection

The most sovereign SRF presenter has her last “Tagesschau” appearance this evening – of all times in these troubled times.

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Switzerland watches “Tagesschau”, almost like before. Since mid-March, well over one million have been watching the main issue, more than in twenty years.

And then dthis Blackout. Or this, so the official name, «Accident at the sound desk». Software downdrive and again drive up. Ea quarter of an hour passes. Switzerland is waiting. And wait.

That was two weeks agon, moderator Katja Stauber in the middle. The news woman wanted to leave earlier, but castling went smore dragging than gethought. So Stauber moderates into the corona crisis. She did the same in the audio console accident sovereign how sts. Even if they do What nI’ve never seen Stauber say on the phone.

Signal seriousness

This Friday the 57-year-old has her lastn “Tagesschau” appearance. The first days of Corona crisis have you already seen her she says. Es falls one heavy, Stauber to agree. Your Moderations were no different of calmer days.

The woman from Zurich always remained stoic a High German from subtlehe Coloring, the tonality of an even more subtle saucy. It was a style that could be called “Hanseatic”. Stauber has Ulrich Wickert and Sabine Christiansen in the NineziGern gstudied enau: Seriousness signal as iferstes Bid.

Verbal arabesques like her husband Florian Inhauser so loves, or even jokeslie a la Stephan Klapproth – nothing seemed further from the daughter of a German secretary.

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Katja Stauber lleveled iher first seven years in Southwest Africa, today’s Namibia. A women’s household, mother and aunt both occupationssactive. «I was often alone, learned to be independent early on – and to take life day by day. » Stauber apparently kept this attitude: What they ito their million audience the final moderation, she didn’t know on Thursday. By Friday morning, she would slowly knowsays Stauber.

Briefly brooding

Moderated since 1992e Katja Stauber the most important TV show dit country, from Clinton to Corona. Got to she cede now of all times, in these turbulent times? Knowing that familiar TV faces a little Convey persistence can? Stauber said that people would also feel at home with Andrea Vetsch. Your successor is yes not completely unknown.

In the future, Stauber will work behind the camera as a producer, thus helping to determine which focal points will be set in the “Tagesschau”, which contributions will be shown when and in what length. Stauber wants «to do more world reporting, sometimes to bring good news from Africa».

Your last broadcast seems the moderator with to approach complete serenity. It shines only once at the Conversation to get a little brooding – when asked which of their “Tagesschau” advocates she particularly well remembers. There would be none right nowr to mindsays Stauber.

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