In 1995, Karlinder began an editorial internship at the Prinz magazine in Hamburg and then worked there as a freelancer until 1997. In 2000, she was a columnist and photographer for the "What's Up Charlotte" party column for the
Hamburger Morgenpost. From 2001 to 2003, she was deputy editor-in-chief and fashion editor at Blond Magazin. She was the editor in charge of the medical department "Medical & Health Experts" for numerous publications by Bauer Verlag. After presenting at
DSF (TD1 NBA Basketball Challenge, Maxim TV),
MTV Germany (Mission MTV),
RTL II ("
Big Brother") and co-presenting Absolut Schlegl at
ProSieben, she started at Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen in July 2004 where she was the female part of the presentation team until 30 December 2005. Since 2016, she has been supplementing the morning magazine with her weekly column "Gesünder mit Karlinder". ==Other work==