Roman Rafreider


Roman Rafreider is an Austrian television host and journalist.

Life

Roman Rafreider studied political science and law in Vienna, Paris and Innsbruck. During his studies, he worked at different newspaper companies. He started his journalistic career in 1995 at the ORF-Landesstudio Vorarlberg, where he worked as editor and host of the radio shows. At 1998 he also hosted the show Vorarlberg heute.
1999, he changed to the show Zeit im Bild at the ORF's corporate headquarters in Vienna. There, he worked as host and chief editor of the ZiB 3. 2002, Rafreider changed the show and hosted Thema. Furthermore he hosted the ORF-consumer magazine Gut beraten Österreich.
Since April 2007, Rafreider has been the anchorman and chief editor of the new ZiB 20 and the ZiB 24 on ORF eins. In October 2018, Roman Rafreider has been put on leave by his broadcasting studio ORF because of charges of domestic violence and battery.