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[[File:Frederik Pleitgen 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|Frederik Pleitgen.]]
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'''Frederik Pleitgen''' (born 19 August 1976,<ref name="n-tv 2013 e515">{{cite web | title="Die Hardcore-Islamisten sind auf dem Vormarsch" | website=n-tv.de | date=13 December 2013 | url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Interview-zur-Lage-in-Syrien-Die-Hardcore-Islamisten-sind-auf-dem-Vormarsch-article11895211.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=One World with Zain Asher |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ow/date/2024-08-19/segment/01 |access-date=2024-08-19 |publisher=[[CNN]] |type=Transcript}}</ref> in Cologne<ref name="Phillips 2022 i561">{{cite web | last=Phillips | first=Joseph | title=Frederik Pleitgen Ehefrau | website=GazetteBlaster | date=3 June 2022 | url=https://gazetteblaster.com/frederik-pleitgen-ehefrau/ | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>) is a German journalist and [[correspondent]] for [[CNN International]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raabe |first=Mathias |date=17 January 2007 |title=Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN |language=de |work=[[Berliner Zeitung]] |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/frederik-pleitgen-sohn-des-wdr-intendanten-fritz-pleitgen-leitet-das-hauptstadtbuero-des-us-senders-das-berliner-gesicht-von-cnn-li.12163 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106101432/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/0118/lokales/0036/index.html |archive-date=6 November 2007}}</ref>
'''Frederik Pleitgen''' (1976 in [[Cologne]]) is a [[Germans|German]] [[journalist]] and [[correspondent]] for [[CNN International]].<ref>berlinonline.de: ''[http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/0118/lokales/0036/index.html Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN]'', January,18th 2007</ref>


quarters studied North American Studies at the [[University of Bonn]] and at [[Free University Berlin]]. Pleitgen also spent one year studying at the School of Journalism at [[New York University]]. He worked for German television broadcasters [[ZDF]] and [[RTL Television|RTL]] as well as German news channel [[n-tv]] before joining [[CNN]] in 2006.<ref>cnn.com: ''[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/pleitgen.frederik.html Anchors and Reporters]''</ref> He covered from Paris the aftermath of [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]].
Pleitgen studied North American studies at the [[University of Bonn]] and at [[Free University Berlin]].<ref name="Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis s304">{{cite web | title=Frederik Pleitgen | website=Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis | url=https://www.hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de/index.php/frederik-pleitgen.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Pleitgen also spent one year studying at the School of Journalism at [[New York University]]. He worked for German television broadcasters [[ZDF]] and [[RTL Television|RTL]] as well as German news channel [[n-tv]] before joining [[CNN]] in 2006.<ref name="oldCNN">{{Cite web |title=Frederik Pleitgen |url=http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/pleitgen.frederik.html |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref name="newCNN">{{Cite web |title=Frederik Pleitgen – Senior International Correspondent |url=https://www.cnn.com/profiles/frederik-pleitgen |publisher=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]].<ref name="CNN 2015 q213">{{cite web | title=See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down | website=CNN | date=9 January 2015 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/09/pleitgen-standoff-end-wrap.cnn | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="CNN 2015 b432">{{cite web | title=Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack | website=CNN | date=8 January 2015 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/01/08/es-lklv-pleitgen-paris-shooting-update-thursday.cnn | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>


Pleitgen lives in [[Berlin]].<ref name="Berliner Zeitung 2007 l600">{{cite web | title=Frederik Pleitgen, Sohn des WDR-Intendanten Fritz Pleitgen, leitet das Hauptstadtbüro des US Senders: Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN | website=Berliner Zeitung | date=17 January 2007 | url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/frederik-pleitgen-sohn-des-wdr-intendanten-fritz-pleitgen-leitet-das-hauptstadtbuero-des-us-senders-das-berliner-gesicht-von-cnn-li.12163 | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
Pleitgen lives in [[Berlin]]. He is the son of German journalist and former director of [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|West German Broadcasting Corporation]], [[Fritz Pleitgen]].

He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]], [[Fritz Pleitgen]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=16 September 2022 |title=Fritz Pleitgen ist tot: Lange Jahre WDR-Intendant |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/fritz-pleitgen-ist-tot-lange-jahre-wdr-intendant-a-7036d8b1-ac1e-45bd-b8f1-197a15983ec1 |magazine=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |issn=2195-1349 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>


==Filmography==
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==Recognition==
* 2017 [[Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award]]<ref name="Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis s304" />


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | title=Frederik Pleitgen: "Der Krieg hat mich stärker gemacht" | website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) | date=7 August 2022 | url=https://www.srf.ch/news/international/cnn-journalist-an-der-front-frederik-pleitgen-der-krieg-hat-mich-staerker-gemacht | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}
* [https://giswashington.org/files/dswashington/Dateien/2021-22/60_Years_GISW/60%20Years%20Photos/Begegnung%20Articles/Begegnung_Pleitgen_Story.pdf Alumni VIP Korrespondent im Kriegsgebiet]


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Twitter|fpleitgenCNN}}
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/pleitgen.frederik.html CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Frederik Pleitgen]
* [https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/frederik-pleitgen CNN profile]


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Latest revision as of 00:48, 26 December 2024

Frederik Pleitgen
Frederik Pleitgen
Pleitgen in 2016
Born (1976-08-19) August 19, 1976 (age 48)
Cologne, West Germany
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
FatherFritz 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]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Martian CNN reporter

Recognition

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References

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  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. ^ "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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