Christian Sievers (born 1969 in
Offenbach am Main) is a German journalist and
news presenter
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.
Career
After graduating secondary school with his ''
Abitur'' in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
. During his studies, he also worked at various radio and television stations: from 1989 to 1991 as a reporter at
RIAS Berlin, as a presenter and reporter at Südwestfunk in Freiburg between 1991 and 1993, and from 1993 to 1995 as a presenter and editor at the same station in
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...
. In 1995, Sievers completed his first law
Staatsexamen
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. Between 1996 and 1997, Sievers worked as a reporter at the
ABC
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Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
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station
WTNH
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in
New Haven, Connecticut
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, as a fellow of the
Carl Duisberg Society.
Since 1997, Sievers has been a presenter, reporter and editor for
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
. From 1997 to 2009, Sievers presented the ''ZDF Morgenmagazin'', ZDF's breakfast programme.
From 2008 to 2009, Sievers presented the graphics and statistics sections of ZDF's election broadcasts, replacing
Steffen Seibert.
From October 2009 to August 2014, Sievers was ZDF's Middle East correspondent, based in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
. In January 2013 he replaced
Maybrit Illner
Maybrit Illner (née Klose; born 12 January 1965) is a German journalist and television presenter.
Education
Born in East Berlin, Illner went to school in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin and studied journalism at the University of Leipzig ...
as presenter of ''
heute-journal
''heute-journal'' (roughly ''Today's Journal'') is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network.
History
The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. Originally, ...
'', of which he acts as a relief presenter; since 8 September 2014, Sievers has also been chief presenter of the 7 pm edition of
heute
''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from c ...
, ZDF's flagship newscast.
References
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1969 births
Living people
German male journalists
German television journalists
21st-century German journalists
Date of birth missing (living people)
ZDF people
ZDF heute presenters and reporters