Pinar Atalay

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

Pinar Atalay
Atalay at 1LIVE Krone in 2015
Born (1978-04-27) 27 April 1978
Lemgo, West Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationRadio 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
  1. 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. Board of Trustees Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine Jugend debattiert.
  6. Pinar Atalay ist Mutter geworden. Zeit Online, 11 March 2017
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