Claudia Reiterer leaves ORF: A farewell to 27 years full of stories!

Claudia Reiterer leaves ORF: A farewell to 27 years full of stories!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The Austrian journalist and moderator Claudia Reiterer leaves ORF at her own request. Her farewell will take place at the end of April 2025, and she withdraws with the gratitude for 27 years of impressive stories and journalistic work. "I say goodbye with great gratitude," explains Reiterer, who most recently worked as a moderator of the discussion program "in the center", whose premises she has filled with competent and concise charm since 2017.

Reiterer's career at ORF began in 1998 in the Styria State Studio, where she quickly became known by her live reporting of significant events, such as the mine accident in Lassing. In the course of her career, she moderated around 2,000 programs and won top rates of over 1.1 million viewers in 2019 for "in the center", which has the high priority of the show on Austrian television. The ORF general director Roland Weißmann also pays her respect: "With her farewell, the ORF loses an outstanding journalist and an instance of political reporting," says Weißmann, who emphasizes how Reiterer's inconsistent look at the facts has strengthened the democratic discourse culture, as The ORF reports .

A look back at their successes

Before moving to "In the center", Reiterer was active in various programs, including the political magazine "Report" and the program "Hohes Haus". Her journalistic skills were not only characterized by excellent presentations, but also by numerous awards, which includes the “Aquila” traffic safety award. In addition, she won the fifth season of "Dancing Stars" in 2009, which underlines her facet wealth as a media personality. After her departure from ORF, Reiterer plans to devote themselves to new challenges in the media industry, such as .