Pinar Atalay

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Pinar Atalay
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Atalay at 1LIVE Krone in 2015
Born (1978-04-27) 27 April 1978 (age 43)
Lemgo, West Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationRadio and television presenter

Pinar Atalay (born 27 April 1978 in Lemgo, West Germany) is a German radio and television presenter.

Life and career[]

Atalay was born to Turkish immigrants parents in Lemgo. After high school she ran, for one year, a boutique in Lemgo.[1] She then worked as an intern at  [de] and  [de]. She later worked as a freelancer and trainee, and was, for a time, an early-morning presenter at the local radio station  [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]

Other activities[]

  • Jugend debattiert, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]

Personal life[]

In January 2017, Atalay gave birth to a daughter.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Antje Hildebrandt: Pinar Atalay, die charmante Nussknackerin.
  2. ^ Neue "Tagesthemen"-Sprecherin Pinar Atalay.
  3. ^ Vertrauenswürdigster Nachrichtenmoderator ist Claus Kleber Der Tagesspiegel, March 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Moderation". daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  5. ^ "TV-Hammer: Pinar Atalay wechselt von den ARD-Tagesthemen exklusiv zu RTL" (in German). rtl.de. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ Frank Lübberding (August 29, 2021), Vor dem Triell bei RTL: Kommt Scholz? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine Jugend debattiert.
  8. ^ Pinar Atalay ist Mutter geworden. Zeit Online, 11 March 2017

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