Ingo Zamperoni

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Ingo Zamperoni
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Zamperoni in 2016
Born (1974-05-03) May 3, 1974 (age 49)
Wiesbaden, West Germany
CitizenshipGerman, Italian
Occupation(s) News presenter, journalist
Years active2002–present
Employer ARD

Ingo Antonio Zamperoni (born May 3, 1974, in Wiesbaden, West Germany) [1] is a German news presenter and journalist. Between 2012 and 2014, he was the presenter of the Tagesthemen news magazine on the Das Erste channel, a role he continued in October 2016 upon returning from deployment as the ARD correspondent in Washington, D.C., between 2014 and 2016.

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Life and career

Born to an Italian father and German mother, [1] Zamperoni was first introduced to presenting and journalism when he, after having obtained his Abitur, was in civilian service at the Radio Klinikfunk station in Wiesbaden. [2] His parents had met in 1967 at Lake Maggiore. His father was a manager at Hoechst. Zamperoni has a brother four years younger, who is a practicing gynaecologist in Wiesbaden. [3]

Between 1994 and 1999, Zamperoni studied American studies, law, and history at the University of Konstanz, and in Berlin and Boston. [1] [4]

After his studies, Zamperoni completed a traineeship at the NDR, [5] after which he got a job in the NDR TV branch in Hamburg, for whom he worked as a subcontractor for the ARD and contributed to the Tagesschau and Tagesthemen broadcasts as a writer and reporter from 2002. [5] [1] He anchored the news show NDR Info, Niedersachsen 19.30 and as an anchor for the foreign magazine show Weltbilder (World Pictures). [1]

On March 5, 2007, Zamperoni succeeded Anja Bröker as the moderator of the Nachtmagazin (Night Magazine) on the ARD flagship channel Das Erste, [1] and until 2013, he – in constant rotation with the second host, Gabi Bauer – anchored the show.

In 2012, Zamperoni switched to the Tagesthemen team, replacing Susanne Holst as a substitute for Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow. [6] In addition to filling in for Miosga and Buhrow, [7] he was scheduled to anchor Tagesthemen twelve weeks a year, and after Buhrow left the show, Zamperoni became a regular presenter. [8]

In October 2013, it was announced on the ARD show Tagesschau Online that Zamperoni would move to Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2014, to become US correspondent for ARD. [9]

Zamperoni returned to Germany from Washington, D.C., in October 2016, and on October 24, he became one of the main anchors of Tagesthemen , succeeding Thomas Roth, [10] and in constant rotation with Caren Miosga and Pinar Atalay. [11]

Other activities

Since 2007, Zamperoni has been an ambassador for the children's aid organisation Save the Children, [12] particularly focused on the educational programmes helping children in war zones. [13] He is also an ambassador for the Bärenherz Foundation for seriously ill children. [14]

In 2013, he was nominated as one of the top three contestants for the Newcomer of the Year prize presented by the German journalist trade magazine, Medium Magazin. [15]

Personal life

In 2006, Zamperoni married Jenniffer Bourguignon, an American, [1] with whom he has three children. [16] He speaks German, Italian, and English and enjoys cycle sport in his free time. [17]

Zamperoni has dual Italian and German citizenship. [18]

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  3. ↑ "Der Nächste. Bitte" . Zeit Magazin (in German). Hamburg, Germany. February 19, 2015. p. 21. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ingo Zamperoni: "Konstanz war die perfekte Basis"" (in German). Südkurier. January 14, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "NDR Verwaltungsrat stimmt Vertrag mit Ingo Zamperoni als Tagesthemen-Moderator zu" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. May 15, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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