Marietta Slomka (born 20 April 1969 in

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) is a German journalist who has been the anchor of TV news show ''heute-journal'' since 2001.

Education

The daughter of a teacher, Slomka studied international politics and

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

at the universities of

and

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. In 1988, she completed an internship at Roussel Uclaf in Paris. Slomka lives in Cologne and

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Career

After university, Slomka worked from 1991 to 1996 for Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW). In parallel, she started her career in journalism at local newspaper '' Kölnische Rundschau'' in 1994. As television journalist, Slomka has been working on German broadcaster

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since 1998. Between 1998 and 2000, she worked as news correspondent in

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and

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. In 2000, she took over as presenter of ''heute nacht'', a late-night news show. Since 2001, she has been the anchor of news magazine '' heute-journal'' on ZDF, currently in rotation with Claus Kleber (since 2003) and Christian Sievers (since 2013). Her co-anchor is Heinz Wolf. As anchor, she has interviewed national and international political leaders, including

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(2009),

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(2012) and

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(2021). In May 2017, she reported live from Paris during the French presidential elections. In addition to her role as presenter, Slomka has produced several documentaries, including ''Afrikas Schätze'' (2010) and ''Zwischen Anden und Amazonien – mit Marietta Slomka durch Südamerika'' (2014).

Recognition

In a 2018 survey conducted by Forsa Institute, Slomka was voted Germany's most trusted female news presenter. In addition, she has been awarded numerous prizes, including the following: *2009: Adolf Grimme Award *2012: Medienpreis für Sprachkultur, Association for the German Language (GfdS) *2015: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award *2017:

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for "Best Information" *2018: German Television Award *2020: German Television Award

Books

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References

External links

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