She went to Potsdam to "Fritz", a youth radio station, and then the public broadcaster for Brandenburg, ORB. Stichler then worked for the TV section of the public broadcaster for Hessen, Hessischer Rundfunk, in Frankfurt, from 1997 to 1999. From 1999, she hosted several magazines for the national broadcaster ZDF. Since 2004, she has been working for NDR.[2] Her most prominent show there is Germany's most watched evening newscast,[citation needed]Tagesschau, for national broadcaster ARD.