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
Arthur F. Burns Fellowships for Young Journalists in
Seattle, US. Since the, Gellinek has continued to work for German broadcaster ZDF, as a journalist and TV-host, in Berlin and Moscow. 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 Gellinek as one of the most influential women shaping Brussels politics. ==References==