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Frederik Pleitgen

German journalist (born 1976)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Frederik "Fred" Pleitgen is a German journalist who currently works as a Senior Correspondent for CNN International. He lives in Germany.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Frederik Pleitgen” as german journalist (born 1976). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Frederik, Pleitgen and German.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current 21-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Frederik, Pleitgen and German providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Frederik Pleitgen”, the useful work is to connect “german journalist (born 1976)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
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  • Locating cited institutions
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  2. Expand the search: follow Frederik Pleitgen primary sources, Frederik Pleitgen archive and Frederik research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Frederik Pleitgen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.