Frank Plasberg (born 18 May 1957) is a German journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Born in

Remscheid Remscheid () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south side of the Ruhr area. Remscheid ha ...

, Plasberg has an education in theatre, politics and pedagogyHart aber fair: Moderator Frank Plasberg
/ref> and works as television presenter on German broadcaster WDR. From 1987 to 2002, he was television host of programme ''Aktuelle Stunde'' (together with journalist Christine Westermann). From 2001 to 2023, Plasberg was television host of ''

Hart aber fair ''hart aber fair'' (English: "hard but fair") is a German weekly political talk show. In the 75-minute broadcast on Monday evening on Das Erste, presenter Frank Plasberg discussed a controversial topic with his guests. Spectators receive addit ...

'' ("hard but fair") on WDR, and nationwide on ARD since 2007. He is known for his controversial role in the Gladbeck hostage crisis . Plasberg was married with Angela Maas (born 1959); they have one son and one daughter. Since July 2007, he lives together with Anne Gesthuysen (born 1969). They married in August 2012. Her son was born in January 2011.

Awards

* 2003:

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999, by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL (German TV channel), RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalen ...

* 2005: Adolf-Grimme-Preis * 2005: Ernst Schneider Award * 2005: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award * 2006: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in information for moderation of ''

'' * 2006: journalist of year in politics * 2008:

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

in Category 'Moderation'

References

External links

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Stefan Domke , ''Da habe ich einfach Angst bekommen''
interview over Plasbergs behaviour during Gladbecker Geiseldramas, 13 August 2003, WDR (German)
Biographie
website of ''Hart aber fair''

9 June 2006, FAZ (German)
Andreas Kötter, ''Jeder Moderator ist eitel''
interview, 29 March 2005,

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