Michael Kerbler is one of the most prominent radio journalists in Austria and was conducting numerous interviews in the Austrian Parliament. For almost 38 years he was responsible for various fields of functions at the Austrian broadcasting corporation ORF. From 1976 onwards he was business editor at the radio broadcasting service, and afterwards he was moderator of the “journals” and was working as a reporter. From 1994 to 1998, exercising the role of the editor-in-chief, Michael Kerbler was managing the Austrian-wide current news coverage of the ORF-radio. In July 2013 he received the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria for his journalistic excellence. Before starting his career at the ORF Michael Kerbler, who studied journalism and psychology, worked as freelance economics journalist.