Frederik Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen
Pleitgen in 2016
Born	1976 (age 48–49) Cologne, West Germany
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	CNN
Parent	Fritz Pleitgen (father)

Frederik Pleitgen (born 1976, in Cologne) is a German journalist and correspondent for CNN International.

Pleitgen 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 as well as German news channel n-tv before joining CNN in 2006. In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

Pleitgen lives in Berlin.

He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	The Martian	CNN reporter

Recognition

• 2017 Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award

Further reading

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

External links

• Frederik Pleitgen on Twitter
• CNN profile