Frederik Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen
Pleitgen in 2016
Born (1976-08-19) 19 August 1976
Cologne, West Germany
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
FatherFritz Pleitgen

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

Life and Career

After attending school (including the German International School in Washington, D.C.), he studied North American Studies at the University of Bonn and the Free University of Berlin.[5] He then spent a year at the School of Journalism at New York University and in 2004 received a fellowship at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in the San Fernando Valley. In 2005, Pleitgen received an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which he spent at the International Center for Journalists in Atlanta.[6]

He worked for German television broadcasters ZDF and RTL as well as German news channel n-tv from 2000 before joining CNN in 2006. He reported from Iraq, from Pakistan in October 2010, from the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the civil wars in Libya and Syria. He filled in for Christiane Amanpour as host of the CNN program Amanpour.[6] In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting.[7][8] From May 2013 to December 2014, he again worked for RTL as nighttime co-anchor.[9] However, he continued to work as a CNN international correspondent in Germany and covered the German team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. After leaving RTL in February 2015, Pleitgen became a full-time Senior International Correspondent for CNN International in London.[6] In 2026, he reported from the war in Iran.[10]

Personal

Pleitgen is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen.[11] As of 2023, after stays in the United States and London, he lives in Berlin.[12]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Martian CNN reporter [13]

Recognition

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. ^ a b "Frederik Pleitgen". Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Frederik Pleitgen". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  7. ^ "See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down". CNN. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack". CNN. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  9. ^ GmbH, DWDL de. "Frederik Pleitgen moderiert RTL-"Nachtjournal"". DWDL.de. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  10. ^ Halasz, Stephanie (5 March 2026). CNN enters Iran as conflict with US and Israel widens | CNN. Retrieved 5 March 2026 – via edition.cnn.com.
  11. ^ "Fritz Pleitgen ist tot: Lange Jahre WDR-Intendant". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 September 2022. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Synchronkartei, Deutsche. "Frederik Pleitgen". Deutsche Synchronkartei (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2026.

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