1. Sandra Maischberger's father was a physicist for the Max Planck Society and her mother was a tour guide.
10 Facts About Sandra Maischberger
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Sandra Maischberger is the sister of German archeologist Martin Maischberger.
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Sandra Maischberger later attended Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich School of Journalism but dropped out after 3 days in order to start her media career directly.
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Sandra Maischberger started her career at the Bayerischer Rundfunk and has since been working for various television stations including Premiere, RTL, VOX, n-tv, and ARD.
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Since 2003, Sandra Maischberger has been moderating the talk show maischberger.
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Alongside Maybrit Illner, Peter Kloeppel and Claus Strunz, Sandra Maischberger later moderated the only TV election debate between Merkel and her competitor Martin Schulz ahead of the 2017 elections, which was aired live on four of Germany's most-watched television channels during prime-time.
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Sandra Maischberger co-hosted the annual German Television Award ceremony in 2002,2010 and 2014.
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Sandra Maischberger served on the award's jury in 2001,2002 and 2006.
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In 2008, Sandra Maischberger founded an organization called Vincentino, which helps expose underprivileged children to the arts through sponsoring cultural projects in schools.
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Sandra Maischberger has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Golden Camera from German magazine Horzu for her Helmut Schmidt interview.