Frederik Pleitgen

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Frederik Pleitgen
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Pleitgen in 2016
Born (1976-08-19) August 19, 1976 (age 48)
Cologne, West Germany
OccupationJournalist
Employer CNN
Father Fritz Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen (born 19 August 1976, [1] [2] in Cologne [3] ) is a German journalist and correspondent for CNN International. [4]

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Pleitgen studied North American studies at the University of Bonn and at Free University Berlin. [5] Pleitgen also spent one year studying at the School of Journalism at New York University. He worked for German television broadcasters ZDF and RTL as well as German news channel n-tv before joining CNN in 2006. [6] [7] In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. [8] [9]

Pleitgen lives in Berlin. [10]

He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 The Martian CNN reporter

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References

  1. ↑ ""Die Hardcore-Islamisten sind auf dem Vormarsch"". n-tv.de (in German). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "One World with Zain Asher" (Transcript). CNN. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Joseph (3 June 2022). "Frederik Pleitgen Ehefrau". GazetteBlaster. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Raabe, Mathias (17 January 2007). "Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 6 November 2007.
  5. 1 2 "Frederik Pleitgen". Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Frederik Pleitgen". CNN.
  7. ↑ "Frederik Pleitgen – Senior International Correspondent". CNN.
  8. ↑ "See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down". CNN. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack". CNN. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Frederik Pleitgen, Sohn des WDR-Intendanten Fritz Pleitgen, leitet das Hauptstadtbüro des US Senders: Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 17 January 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Fritz Pleitgen ist tot: Lange Jahre WDR-Intendant". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 September 2022. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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