Pinar Atalay

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

Pinar Atalay at 1LIVE Krone in 2015

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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