Education
Illner went to school in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin after which she studied journalism at the University of Leipzig from 1984 to 1988.
journalist television presenter
Illner went to school in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin after which she studied journalism at the University of Leipzig from 1984 to 1988.
After university she worked as a television journalist at Deutscher Fernsehfunk, East German state television, until it was dissolved in 1991. Illner joined German broadcaster ZDF and co-presented Morgenmagazin, a weekday morning show from 1992. From October 1999 she has presented an evening talk show originally titled Berlin Mitte, but changed in March 2007 to Maybrit Illner.
She has anchored ZDF"s news show heute-journal since September 2010, in rotation with Claus Kleber and Marietta Slomka.
