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Pinar Atalay
German radio and television presenter
Pinar Atalay (born 27 April 1978) is a German radio and television presenter.
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 Atalay in 2018 | |
| Born | (1978-04-27) 27 April 1978 (age 45) |
| Occupation(s) | Radio and television presenter |
Atalay was born to Turkish immigrants parents in Lemgo, West Germany. After high school she ran, for one year, a boutique in Lemgo.[1] She then worked as an intern at Radio NRW [de] and Radio Lippe [de]. She later worked as a freelancer and trainee, and was, for a time, an early-morning presenter at the local radio station Antenne Münster [de].[1]
On WDR Fernsehen, Atalay regularly hosted Cosmo TV. For ARD-aktuell, she hosted regular news and special programs, including for Das Erste. She also worked as a reporter and presenter for NDR Fernsehen, NDR Radio and Radio Bremen. From 2010 onwards, she presented programmes on Phoenix. In March 2014, Atalay became a presenter of the Tagesthemen evening news, succeeding Ingo Zamperoni.[2] In a 2018 survey conducted by Forsa Institute, she was voted one of Germany's most trusted news presenters.[3]
In addition to her role as presenter, Atalay wrote articles for the German business magazine Plusminus from 2014.[4]
In June 2021, German private TV channel RTL announced that Atalay would be starting as news anchor in August 2021.[5] Alongside Peter Kloeppel, she moderated one of three TV election debates between the three candidates to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel – Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz – ahead of the 2021 elections, which was aired live on both RTL and n-tv during prime-time.[6]
- Jugend debattiert, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
In January 2017, Atalay gave birth to a daughter.[8]
- Antje Hildebrandt: Pinar Atalay, die charmante Nussknackerin.
- "Moderation". daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- "TV-Hammer: Pinar Atalay wechselt von den ARD-Tagesthemen exklusiv zu RTL" (in German). rtl.de. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- Frank Lübberding (29 August 2021), Vor dem Triell bei RTL: Kommt Scholz? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- Board of Trustees Archived 16 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine Jugend debattiert.
- Pinar Atalay ist Mutter geworden. Zeit Online, 11 March 2017.