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Pinar Atalay | |
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| Born | (1978-04-27)27 April 1978 (age 46) |
| Occupation(s) | Radio and television presenter |
Pinar Atalay (born 27 April 1978) is a German radio and television presenter.
Atalay was born toTurkish immigrants parents inLemgo,West Germany. After high school she ran, for one year, a boutique in Lemgo.[1] She then worked as an intern atRadio NRW [de] andRadio Lippe [de]. She later worked as a freelancer and trainee, and was, for a time, an early-morning presenter at the local radio stationAntenne Münster [de].[1]
OnWDR Fernsehen, Atalay regularly hostedCosmo TV. For ARD-aktuell, she hosted regular news and special programs, including forDas Erste. She also worked as a reporter and presenter forNDR Fernsehen, NDR Radio andRadio Bremen. From 2010 onwards, she presented programmes onPhoenix. In March 2014, Atalay became a presenter of theTagesthemen evening news, succeedingIngo Zamperoni.[2] In a 2018 survey conducted byForsa 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 channelRTL announced that Atalay would be starting as news anchor in August 2021.[5] AlongsidePeter Kloeppel, she moderated one of threeTV election debates between the three candidates to succeedChancellorAngela Merkel –Annalena Baerbock,Armin Laschet andOlaf Scholz – ahead of the2021 elections, which was aired live on both RTL andn-tv during prime-time.[6]
In January 2017, Atalay gave birth to a daughter.[8]
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