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Frederik Pleitgen
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Pleitgen in 2016
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Born | 1976 (age 47–48)
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Occupation | Journalist |
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Employer | CNN |
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Frederik Pleitgen (born 1976,[1] in Cologne[2]) is a German journalist and correspondent for CNN International.[3]
Pleitgen studied North American studies at the University of Bonn and at Free University Berlin.[4] 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.[5][6] In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[7][8]
Pleitgen lives in Berlin.[9]
He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen.[10]
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^ Raabe, Mathias (17 January 2007). "Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 6 November 2007.
^ a b "Frederik Pleitgen". Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "Frederik Pleitgen". CNN.
^ "Frederik Pleitgen – Senior International Correspondent". CNN.
^ "See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down". CNN. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack". CNN. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ "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.
^ "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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