Christian Sievers

After graduating secondary school with his Abitur in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and Freiburg.^[1] 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. In 1995, Sievers completed his first law Staatsexamen. Between 1996 and 1997, Sievers worked as a reporter at the ABC station WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, as a fellow of the Carl Duisberg Society.

Since 1997, Sievers has been a presenter, reporter and editor for ZDF. From 1997 to 2009, Sievers presented the ZDF Morgenmagazin, ZDF's breakfast programme.^[2]

From 2008 to 2009, Sievers presented the graphics and statistics sections of ZDF's election broadcasts, replacing Steffen Seibert.^[3]

From October 2009 to August 2014, Sievers was ZDF's Middle East correspondent, based in Tel Aviv.

In January 2013 he replaced Maybrit Illner as presenter of heute-journal, of which he acted as a relief presenter; from 2014 to 2022, Sievers has also been chief presenter of the 7 pm edition of heute.

Since January 2022 he has been the primary anchor of heute-journal, ZDF‘s flagship evening newscast.