Frederik Pleitgen

Frederik Pleitgen

Senior International Correspondent

CNN, Germany

WORK EXPERIENCE

2020 – Present - CNN BERLIN BUREAU – Senior Correspondent

2018 – 2020 – CNN BUREAU MOSCOW – Senior Correspondent

2015 – 2016 – RTL GERMANY – Anchor RTL – NACHTJOURNAL News Journal

2016 – 2018 – CNN BUREAU LONDON – Senior Correspondent and Anchor

2007 – 2015 – CNN BERLIN BUREAU – International Correspondent

2006 – 2007 – ZDF GERMAN TV – Reporter in Berlin

2000 – 2006 – RTL / n-tv GERMANY – Reporter, Executive News Producer in Berlin and Cologne

MAJOR AREAS OF EXPERTISE

2014 – Present – Extensive travals and reporting from Russia and Eastern Europe while also living in Moscow for three years.

2014 – 2022 – IRAN: 25 trips to Iran traveling the country and reporting on every major event in that time from the Iran Nuclear Agreement to the Assassination of General Qassim Soleimani.

2013 – 2018 – SYRIA: 23 Official visits with visa to the Syrian Arab Republic including coverage the major battles in Homs, Aleppo, Deir-Ezzor, etc. Also several trips tp Syria with the Russian military.

2011 – Major coverage of the uprisings in Egypt and Libya as well as the ensuing turmoil.

2007 – 2010 IRAQ: Extensive travels and reporting from Iraq during the conflict there.

2007 to present extensive reporting on European affairs across the continent and also wide-ranging environmental reporting in Europe, Russia and the Arctic regions.

FAMILY

Spouse: Justyna Pleitgen – Psychologist/

Children: Hannah and Levin Pleitgen

EDUCATION

Freie Universitaet Berlin – M.A. in North American studies, Communication and Politics

New York University – Two semesters in the graduate journalism program for broadcast journalism

Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn – North American Studies and Constitutional Law

High School: German School Washington DC and Deutzer Gymnasium Schauertestrasse, Cologne, Germany