Frederik Pleitgen Explained

Frederik Pleitgen
Birth Date:	19 August 1976
Birth Place:	Cologne, West Germany
Occupation:	Journalist
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]

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]

Recognition

• 2017 Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award

Further reading

• Web site: Frederik Pleitgen: "Der Krieg hat mich stärker gemacht" . Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) . 7 August 2022 . de . 2 December 2023.
• Alumni VIP Korrespondent im Kriegsgebiet

External links

• • CNN profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Die Hardcore-Islamisten sind auf dem Vormarsch" . n-tv.de . 13 December 2013 . de . 2 December 2023.
2. Web site: 2024-08-19 . One World with Zain Asher . 2024-08-19 . . Transcript.
3. Web site: Phillips . Joseph . Frederik Pleitgen Ehefrau . GazetteBlaster . 3 June 2022 . 2 December 2023.
4. News: Raabe . Mathias . 17 January 2007 . Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN . de . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071106101432/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/0118/lokales/0036/index.html . 6 November 2007.
5. Web site: Frederik Pleitgen . Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis . de . 2 December 2023.
6. Web site: Frederik Pleitgen . CNN.
7. Web site: Frederik Pleitgen – Senior International Correspondent . . en.
8. Web site: See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down . CNN . 9 January 2015 . 2 December 2023.
9. Web site: Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack . CNN . 8 January 2015 . 2 December 2023.
10. Web site: Frederik Pleitgen, Sohn des WDR-Intendanten Fritz Pleitgen, leitet das Hauptstadtbüro des US Senders: Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN . Berliner Zeitung . 17 January 2007 . de . 2 December 2023.
11. 16 September 2022 . Fritz Pleitgen ist tot: Lange Jahre WDR-Intendant . . de . 2195-1349 . 25 July 2023.