Tina Hassel

[3][4] Hassel worked at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) from 1990 to 1994, initially as a volunteer and then starting in 1992 as an editor and presenter.

From November 2001 to May 2012, she was a presenter on Weltspiegel [de], the world news program on ARD's Das Erste TV channel.

[3][4][5] On 1 July 2015, Hassel succeeded Ulrich Deppendorf as director and chief television editor at the ARD capital studio in Berlin, the first woman to hold the position.

[9] In 2021 Hassel ran for the election of ZDF director, but when it became clear that she lacked the necessary votes, she withdrew her candidacy.

[10] In January 2018, while reporting for ARD on the Alliance 90/The Greens party convention, Hassel tweeted in a manner that was criticized as lacking in neutrality.