Anne Gellinek

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Anne Gellinek
Anne Gelinek.jpg
Gellinek in 2018
Born1962 (age 58–59)
NationalityGerman
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • TV host
Years active1991-today

Anne Gellinek (born 1962) is a German journalist and TV host. Gellinek is the Brussels Bureau Chief of German public-service television broadcaster ZDF and was ranked as number 6 among influential women in Brussels[1] by European affairs weekly newspaper Politico in 2018.

Early life and education[]

Anne Gellinek was born in 1962 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.[citation needed]

Starting university in 1981, Gellinek studied Slavic Studies, Eastern European History and Journalism in Münster and Moscow.[2]

Career[]

While in Moscow, Gellinek worked as a freelance journalist for the Moscow offices of the Rheinische Post and Newsweek. From 1991 to 1992 she interned at ZDF in Mainz and from 1992 to 1995 she worked for ZDF in Düsseldorf. In 1994 Gellinek also received a three-month grant from the for Young Journalists[3] in Seattle, US. Since the, Gellinek has continued to work for German broadcaster ZDF, as a journalist and TV-host, in Berlin and Moscow.[2]

In August 2014, Gellinek started as a correspondent at the ZDF studio Brussels and in 2015 she was promoted to Brussels bureau chief of ZDF. In 2018 Politico, named Anne Gellinek as one of the most influential women shaping Brussels politics.[1]

She shapes how millions of Germans see Brussels everyday as chief of the ZDF television network’s office in the EU capital. With so much of EU policy hanging on German public opinion, from Greek bailouts to an open door for refugees, Gellinek holds one of the most prized journalism roles in the city.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "ANNE GELLINEK". POLITICO. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Biografie: Anne Gellinek: ZDF Presseportal". presseportal.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ^ "Arthur F. Burns Fellowship". International Centre for Journalists.
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