We all know the versatile Art Rooijakkers, right? An impressive track record. From participant to winner to presenter of Wie is de Mol. From writing columns to her own book and has been an ambassador for the Refugee Foundation for years. Art has been shown on RTL since 2018.
On September 18 you will hear and see Art in Bridge to Liberation -screen experience-. He indicates the impact of war and the value of our freedom today.
PRESENTER & PROGRAM MAKER
Presenter and program maker Art Rooijakkers, trained as a journalist, started his TV career as the youngest reporter ever for the current affairs program NOVA. He worked for the Amsterdam TV channel AT5 and Net5. After his victory of Wie is de Mol? he started working as a presenter at the AVRO and presented Wie is de Mol? for seven years. In 2013 he won the Golden Televizier Ring with the program. Art has been nominated several times for the Silver Televizier Star and has made programs at AVROTROS such as The Best Brain in the Netherlands and Heroes of the Wildernis.
In 2018, Art switched to RTL, where he presents, among other things, the reporting program Everyone had it and the personality program Rooijakkers over de Vloer. Art feels comfortable with the combination of entertainment and journalism. He enjoys presenting at BNR Nieuwsradio as well as the RTL4 program Praat Nederlands Met Me.
With his production company Zuiderzon Media he made documentaries about Bruce Springsteen and Van Dik Hout and nature programs such as Reptielengek!
Starting in the spring of 2019, he wrote a weekly column in Het Parool for a year about the future of his twin daughters, called The Century of My Daughters. Under the same name he makes a radio program at BNR Nieuwsradio and a podcast and will publish a book in the autumn of 2020.
Art has been an ambassador for the Refugee Foundation for years and has participated several times in the Night of the Refugee, an annual sponsored walk that raises attention and money for refugees in crisis areas. In recent years, Art has also visited a large number of these crisis areas, such as Iraq, Nigeria and Colombia. Art is also an ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund.
