Background
Westermann grew up in Mannheim.
journalist Radio host television presenter
Westermann grew up in Mannheim.
After finishing her Abitur she did an editorial traineeship at Mannheimer Morgen and attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalism School) in Munich.
Starting in 1972, she worked as a freelance journalist for several radio and television stations, produced films and reports and moderated the drehscheibe on ZDF. In 1983 she switched to WDR and moderated the Aktuelle Stunde until 2002, from 1987 on together with Frank Plasberg. Since 1996 Westermann has been moderating the show Zimmer frei! together with Götz Alsmann, in which an alternating famous "roommate" will be challenged with unusual tasks and games. Westermann and Alsmann called the format a "children"s birthday party for celebrities“.
Foreign their work with Zimmer frei! the duo has been awarded with the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2000.
Westermann also works as a host for the German radio station WDR 2, where she presents - rotating with her colleagues - the Montalk (Monday talk) and on Sundays the Buchtipp (Book tip). In 2010 she was awarded with the German Radio prize (Deutscher Radiopreis) in the category Best Interview.
In 1999 Christine Westermann published her first book Baby, when will you marry me? - A novel from the jungle of relationships (German title: Baby, wann heiratest du mich?). One year later her second book I think he dropped (me).
Stories out of the real life (German: Ich glaube, er hat Schluss gemacht Geschichten aus dem richtigen Leben) followed.
In collaboration with Jörg Thadeusz she published the 2008 book Invitation for dance – a twosome story (German: Aufforderung zum Tanz – Eine Zweiergeschichte), a correspondence between two journalists.