After graduating secondary school with his
Abitur in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and
Freiburg. During his studies, he also worked at various radio and television stations: from 1989 to 1991 as a reporter at
RIAS Berlin, as a presenter and reporter at Südwestfunk in Freiburg between 1991 and 1993, and from 1993 to 1995 as a presenter and editor at the same station in
Baden-Baden. In 1995, Sievers completed his first law
Staatsexamen. Between 1996 and 1997, Sievers worked as a reporter at the
ABC station
WTNH in
New Haven, Connecticut, as a fellow of the
Carl Duisberg Society. Since 1997, Sievers has been a presenter, reporter and editor for
ZDF. From 1997 to 2009, Sievers presented the
ZDF Morgenmagazin, ZDF's breakfast programme. From 2008 to 2009, Sievers presented the graphics and statistics sections of ZDF's election broadcasts, replacing
Steffen Seibert. From October 2009 to August 2014, Sievers was ZDF's Middle East correspondent, based in
Tel Aviv. In January 2013 he replaced
Maybrit Illner as presenter of
heute-journal, of which he acted as a relief presenter; from 2014 to 2022, Sievers has also been chief presenter of the 7 pm edition of
heute. Since January 2022 he has been the primary anchor of
heute-journal, ZDF‘s flagship evening newscast. ==References==