Reichelt was trained as a journalist at the Axel-Springer Academy (Axel Springer AG is the publishing house of BILD) and was actively involved in reporting from Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Thailand, Georgia and the Lebanon, also working in the function of a warzone reporter. For his report „Sie können uns töten, aber niemals besiegen” on Afghanistan, he was awarded the Axel-Springer-Award for young journalists in 2007.