From 1988 to 1991 she was responsible for the department of documentaries of NDR and from 1991 until 1993 she led the ARD television studios in London.

From 1994 to 2001 she was the chief editor of television for Hessischer Rundfunk and together with others chaired the politics show 3 zwei eins.

In September 2009, she was denied access to the Ministry of Defence by the military police on the occasion of the dedication of a monument to German soldiers who were killed in action on missions abroad.

[3] Like the other members of the Bundestag parliamentary group of the Left Party, she is under surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

[4] Before she started her political activities, she received several professional awards for her work as a journalist.