Ellen Ehni (born 1973 in

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) is a German journalist. At

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(WDR) she heads the programme group for business and law.

Life and career

Ehni studied German and French law at the

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and

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, where she passed her legal state examination. After an

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(NDR), she worked there as a journalist. She was an

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at ''NDR aktuell'' and reporter for the news programmes

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and

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. Ehni joined the WDR in 2004 as editor of the programme group "Economy and Law" and worked for the programmes ''Markt'', ''Plusminus'' and ''ARD Ratgeber Recht''. She also hosted the last-mentioned as well as, as representative, the ARD-Morgenmagazin. In 2007, she moved to the ARD studio in

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for five years as an ARD correspondent. She has been in charge of the programme group Economy and Law since 2012. She continues to work as a presenter, among other things for the ''DeutschlandTrend'' in the ''Tagesthemen'' and for editions of the ''ARD Brennpunkt'' as well as the programme ''Plusminus''. From 2018 on she has also been talk show host for the WDR sunday miday show ''Presseclub'' (in turn with two others). On September 1, 2018, Ellen Ehni took over as

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of the television department and head of the programme area Politics and Current Affairs of

(WDR).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehni, Ellen 1973 births Living people Mass media people from Heidelberg German women journalists German women television journalists German television talk show hosts 21st-century German journalists