Frederik Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen (1976 in Cologne) is a German journalist and correspondent for CNN.[1]

He 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 and received in 2004 a fellowship for the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in San Fernando Valley. Pleitgen worked for German television broadcasters ZDF and RTL as well as German news channel n-tv before joining CNN in 2006.[2]

Pleitgen lives in Berlin. He is a son of the well-known German journalist and former director of West German Broadcasting Corporation, Fritz Pleitgen.

References

  1. ^ berlinonline.de: Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN, Jan.,18th 2007
  2. ^ cnn.com: Anchors and Reporters

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