Dirk Jacobs was born in Dortmund in 1970. After finishing school he studied economics in Berlin and began working as a sports reporter for ZDF. It was there that he got his first experience on camera. In 2001, he started working as a news anchor at DW-TV and was thrown in the deep end, covering the events of 9/11. A father of three, Dirk juggles his professional responsibilities with a busy personal life,. He’s also a keen basketball player and recently wrote his first song. His dream is toperform it at the Cologne Carnival!