Frederik Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen
Pleitgen in 2016
Born	(1976-08-19) August 19, 1976 (age 48) 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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	The Martian	CNN reporter

Recognition

• 2017 Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award^[5]

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. "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.

Further reading

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

External links

• Frederik Pleitgen on Twitter
• CNN profile