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Pinar Atalay | |
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 Atalay in 2018 | |
| Born | 27 April 1978 |
| Occupation | Radio and television presenter |
Pinar Atalay (born 27 April 1978) is a German radio and television presenter.
Atalay was born to Turkish immigrants parents in Lemgo, West Germany. After high school she ran, for one year, a boutique in Lemgo. [1] She then worked as an intern at Radio NRW and Radio Lippe . She later worked as a freelancer and trainee, and was, for a time, an early-morning presenter at the local radio station Antenne Münster . [1]
On WDR Fernsehen, Atalay regularly hosted Cosmo TV. For ARD-aktuell, she hosted regular news and special programs, including for Das Erste. She also worked as a reporter and presenter for NDR Fernsehen, NDR Radio and Radio Bremen. From 2010 onwards, she presented programmes on Phoenix. In March 2014, Atalay became a presenter of the Tagesthemen evening news, succeeding Ingo Zamperoni. [2] In a 2018 survey conducted by Forsa Institute, she was voted one of Germany's most trusted news presenters. [3]
In addition to her role as presenter, Atalay wrote articles for the German business magazine Plusminus from 2014. [4]
In June 2021, German private TV channel RTL announced that Atalay would be starting as news anchor in August 2021. [5] Alongside Peter Kloeppel, she moderated one of three TV election debates between the three candidates to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel – Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz – ahead of the 2021 elections, which was aired live on both RTL and n-tv during prime-time. [6]
In January 2017, Atalay gave birth to a daughter. [8]
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