Christine Maier Explained

Christine Maier
Birth Date:1965 5, df=yes
Occupation:Television presenter
Years Active:1987-present
Spouse:David Dimitri
Children:2

Christine Maier (born 23 May 1965) is a Swiss television journalist and presenter.

Biography

Maier completed her degree in journalism after studying for five semesters. In 1987 she began working at Schweizer Fernsehen, initially as an announcer and from 1989 as moderator. From 1991 to 1998 she worked as an editor and moderator of various programmes of ZDF and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

In 2001 she returned to SRF 1 as an announcer of the talkshow Zischtigsclub . In 2005, she filled in for Daniela Lager during her half-year maternity leave[1] on the current affairs show 10vor10. After the departure of longtime Club host Ueli Heiniger in 2006, she took over its editorial management, and in November 2011 she presented her last show for the Club. In early August 2011, she took over at "10vor10" as the successor of Susanne Wille.[2] On 4 October 2013 she presented the news for the last time at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.[3] Since 1 November 2013 she has been the editor-in-chief of SonntagsBlick.[4]

Maier hosted the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) for ten years.[5] At the beginning of March 2016, Ringier announced that Christine Maier would be in charge of the "Sunday Blues" beginning in two months, taking on various tasks in its film production; coaching and designing a discussion platform for Ringier, which will be part of a new talk show.[6]

Personal life

In 2003, Maier briefly fell ill with melanoma.[7] She is married to, and lives separately from, the artist David Dimitri, with whom she has an adult daughter and an adult son.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Philippe Zweifel: «Ich strebe eine kurze, puristische Moderation an». In: Tages-Anzeiger. 11. August 2011 (Interview).
  2. Simon Beeli: Christine Maiers kleiner Patzer. In: 20 Minuten. 2. August 2011.
  3. http://www.srf.ch/unterhaltung/people/schweiz/christine-maier-mich-zu-verabschieden-faellt-mir-schwer Christine Maier: «Mich zu verabschieden fällt mir schwer».
  4. http://www.ringier.com/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/christine-maier-wird-chefredaktorin-des-sonntagsblick Christine Maier wird Chefredaktorin des SonntagsBlick.
  5. Rahel Guggisberg, Wolf Röcken: «Das müsste man mir zuerst einmal beweisen». In: Berner Zeitung. 28. Juli 2014 (Interview).
  6. http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/sie-uebernimmt-neue-projekte-im-bereich-video-und-tv-christine-maier-gibt-leitung-des-sonntagsblick-ab-id4763017.html Christine Maier gibt Leitung des SonntagsBlick ab.
  7. http://www.blick.ch/unterhaltung/tv/christine-maier-ueber-ihre-krebs-diagnose-vor-8-jahren-185913 Sie hatte Krebs!
  8. Dominik Hug: Aus Frust und Schmerz soll keine Bitterkeit werden. In: SonntagsBlick. 20. Mai 2012.