Sabine Christiansen

She grew up in her hometown and attended school there until 1976, graduating from high school. She then worked as a stewardess for Lufthansa for seven years. She got her start in the media in 1983 with a traineeship at Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Kiel and Hamburg. Christiansen then became a business editor at NDR, where she also presented the "Hamburg-Journal" from 1985 to 1987. In August 1987, shortly before she turned 30, she was appointed co-presenter of "Tagesthemen" alongside Hans Joachim Friedrichs, succeeding Ulrike Wolf. Here Christiansen became a recognized presenter, who was particularly noticeable for her objectivity-driven style and was promoted to "Miss Tagesthemen". For her journalistic achievements she received the "Golden Camera" from "HÖRZU" and the "Bavarian Television Prize" in 1993. In September 1993, her six-part report series "Report: Sabine Christiansen", produced by WDR, began. A year later her book was published: "Hope has many faces - encounters from Tibet to S