Pinar Atalay
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Pinar Atalay | |
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 Atalay at 1LIVE Krone in 2015 | |
| Born | 27 April 1978 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Radio 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 Radio NRW and Radio Lippe. She later worked as a freelancer and trainee, and was, for a time, an early-morning presenter at the local radio station Antenne Münster.[1]
On WDR Fernsehen, Atalay regularly hosted Cosmo TV. For ARD-aktuell, she hosted regular news and special programs, including for Das Erste. She is also 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 has written articles for the German business magazine Plusminus since the beginning of 2014.[4]
Other activities
- Jugend debattiert, Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
Personal life
In January 2017, Atalay gave birth to a daughter.[6]
References
- ^ a b Antje Hildebrandt: Pinar Atalay, die charmante Nussknackerin.
- ^ Neue "Tagesthemen"-Sprecherin Pinar Atalay.
- ^ Vertrauenswürdigster Nachrichtenmoderator ist Claus Kleber Der Tagesspiegel, March 21, 2018.
- ^ "Moderation". daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- ^ Board of Trustees Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine Jugend debattiert.
- ^ Pinar Atalay ist Mutter geworden. Zeit Online, 11 March 2017
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Lemgo
- German people of Turkish descent
- German broadcast news analysts
- German television presenters
- German women journalists
- German women television presenters
- German women television journalists
- German television journalists
- ARD (broadcaster) people
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk people
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk people
- 21st-century German journalists
- German television news anchors