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German journalist (born 1969)

Marietta Slomka
Slomka in 2018
Born (1969-04-20) 20 April 1969 (age 55)
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • News presenter
Years active1996–present
EmployerZDF
Notable creditheute-journal (2001–present)

Marietta Slomka (born 20 April 1969 in Cologne) 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 at the universities of Cologne and Kent. In 1988, she completed an internship at Roussel Uclaf in Paris.

Slomka lives in Cologne and Mainz.

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 ZDF since 1998. Between 1998 and 2000, she worked as news correspondent in Bonn and Berlin. 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 Hillary Clinton (2009), Jean-Claude Juncker (2012) and Angela Merkel (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:

Books

References

  1. "Sie sind immer bei uns im Wohnzimmer". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 16 December 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. Tieschky, Claudia (16 September 2011). "Lächeln lernen". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. Interview With Marietta Slomka of ZDF Television, November 9, 2009 United States Department of State.
  4. Jean-Claude Juncker au sujet de l'élection de François Hollande comme président de la République française Government of Luxembourg, press release of 7 May 2012. (in German).
  5. "ZDF-Interview: Steht das Schlimmste noch bevor, Frau Merkel?". ZDF (in German). 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  6. Will, Jason (9 August 2024). "Marietta Slomka Ehemann: Wer ist der Mann an der Seite der ZDF-Moderatorin?" (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. Vertrauenswürdigster Nachrichtenmoderator ist Claus Kleber (in German) Der Tagesspiegel, 21 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  8. "'Beste Information': Caren Miosga, Marietta Slomka und Peter Kloeppel". Goldene Kamera (in German). 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. "Auszeichnung für ihre Interviews – Marietta Slomka erhält Deutschen Fernsehpreis". ZDF (in German). 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. "Deutscher Fernsehpreis – Ausgezeichnet: ZDF räumt in elf Kategorien ab". ZDF (in German). 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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