Overview

• Susanne Daubner escaped East Germany in 1989 via Hungary and Yugoslavia before building her journalism career
• She joined ARD’s Tagesschau in 1999 after moving to Hamburg as a single mother to her nine-year-old daughter, Jo Tödter-Daubner
• Daubner became a grandmother in December after revealing the news on Inas Nacht and describes the experience as her greatest joy
• Her daughter modelled for Hamburg luxury house Unger during her 2009 Abitur and later left the public eye to pursue university studies
• Daubner remains one of Germany’s most recognizable news anchors while her daughter maintains a private life with limited public updates