Antonia Rados has been working as a crisis and war reporter for various German media since 1990. First at ARD. At times she worked for ZDF. She spent most of her 40-year career at the RTL media group. This includes the news channel N-TV. Antonia Rados was the only German-speaking journalist to report on the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. She has done several reports in the trouble spots Afghanistan, Iran or Egypt. Several times she and her team found themselves in extreme situations and dangers. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including bestsellers. She has received numerous awards for her reporting. Twice she was awarded the German Television Prize for reports from Iraq and Yemen. She received the Bavarian Television Prize twice. In Austria, twice the Romy TV prize. She was nominated for an Emmy in America for a report from Somalia.