Fritz Pleitgen
Fritz Pleitgen (born 21 March 1938) is a German television journalist and author.
Fritz Pleitgen (2007)
Life
Pleitgen is a German television journalist. He was born in Duisburg-Meiderich, and has worked as director of German broadcaster WDR. He is married and has four children. One of his sons is journalist Frederik Pleitgen.
Works by Pleitgen
- Durch den wilden Kaukasus. 2000, ISBN 3596152747.
- together with Wolf Biermann: Die Ausbürgerung. 2001, ISBN 3898340449.
- together with Annette Dittert: Der stille Bug. Reise durch ein zerrissenes Land. 2004, ISBN 3548367399.
- Der Sport im Fernsehen. ISBN 3-934156-16-9.
- Väterchen Don 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04046-3.
Awards
- 1995: Saure Gurke mocking award by feminist media professionals
- 1999: „Närrisches Steckenpferd“ by Krefeld-based carnival association
- 1999: Georg Schulhoff award for professional training[1]
- 2003: Josef Neuberger medal awarded by Düsseldorf's Jewish community
- 2004: Culture award by Free Masons
- 2005: Charlemagne Medal for the European Media
- 2006: Ambassador for 2006 INAS World Football Championships in Germany
- 2006: Honorary doctorate of Dortmund University
- Kulturgroschen 2007 awarded by German Cultural Council
- 2007: Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2007: Willi Ostermann medal in Gold, highest Cologne Carnival honor[2]
- 2009: Goldenes Lot awarded by German Construction surveying engineering association,[3]
- 2012: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2018: Lifetime award by Sonnenklar.TV
References
- "Pressemitteilung 46e/99". hwk-duesseldorf.de. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- "Pleitgen mit hchster Auszeichnung des Klner Karnevals geehrt". Internetcologne.de. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- "Das "Goldene Lot" - VDVonline". Vdv-online.de. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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- Fritz Pleitgen on IMDb
- Literature by and about Fritz Pleitgen in the German National Library catalogue
- Fritz Pleitgen – biography – WDR
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