Frederik Pleitgen is a CNN international correspondent and a German journalist. He was born in the city of Cologne in 1976. Fritz Pleitgen, a German journalist and former director of the West German Broadcasting Corporation, is his proud father. Frederik attended the University of Bonn’s North American Studies program as well as the Free University Berlin’s. He also spent a year at New York University’s School of Journalism and got a fellowship for the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in the San Fernando Valley in 2004.

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His riches is derived from his professional activity as a journalist. H’s net worth is estimated to be at $1 million dollars.

Height and Age of Frederik Pleitgen

• He was born in the German city of Cologne in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1976. He is a 45-year-old man.
• In terms of his stature, he stands at more than 5 and a half inches tall.

Family of Frederik Pleitgen

Pleitgen is a Berlin-based artist. He is the son of Gerda Lichtenberg and Fritz Pleitgen, a former director of the West German Broadcasting Corporation and a German journalist.

Wife of Frederik Pleitgen

Pleitgen has never revealed his relationship or the fact that he is married. This data is currently unavailable, but it will be updated as soon as it becomes available.

Education Background

He received his bachelor’s degree in North American Studies from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and his master’s degree in American journalism from Free University Berlin. He also studied for a year at New York University’s School of Journalism and obtained a scholarship from the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in San Fernando Valley, California, in 2004. Pleitgen also received the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship in 2005, which he used to spend time at the International Centre for Journalists in Atlanta, Georgia.

Pleitgen, Frederik CNN

Frederick joined CNN in 2006, and from Paris, he covered the aftermath of the infamous Charlie Hebdo shooting. He has also hosted and appeared in a number of television series and shows. As a correspondent, he has worked on CNN Breaking News: Egypt’s Revolution – President Mubarak Steps Down a TV Special, CNN Newsroom, At This Hour, and other shows.

He also featured in a number of programmes, including Erin Burnett OutFront, RTL Nachtjournal, Anderson Cooper 360°, and others. His other efforts include the TV series Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield and the TV series Fareed Zakaria GPS. Pleitgen also played a CNN reporter in the 2012 film Schutzengel and a CNN reporter in the film The Martian.

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