Marga van Praag


Marga van Praag is a Dutch journalist and television presenter.
Van Praag attended the academy of dramatic art in Amsterdam, and worked for VARA television from 1968 onwards. She was the host of the television programs Fanclub and De Jonge Onderzoekers, and did editing work for the shows Twee voor Twaalf and Hoe bestaat het?.
In 1981, she joined the NOS to work on the children's news programme Jeugdjournaal as a reporter and presenter, later becoming a commentator. She switched to the main NOS Journaal in 1996 as an anchor and latterly, a features reporter and commentator.
Van Praag announced her departure from the NOS in October 2008 and signed off from her final NOS Journaal report on 7 November 2008. At a farewell party, she was made a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.