Frederik_Pleitgen
Frederik Pleitgen
German journalist
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]
He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen.[10]