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Matthias Fornoff (born 28 August 1963, in Mainz)[1] is a German television journalist.
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| Born | 28 August 1963 Mainz, Germany |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
Early life and career edit
Fornoff studied history, Slavic studies and politics at the University of Mainz, and received a master's degree from the Free University of Berlin.[1]
Fornoff has worked for the German broadcaster ZDF since 1992. In 1997, he received a Telestar award for his reporting on the 1997 Central European flood. He later served as ZDF's Washington, D.C. correspondent from 2007 to 2010.[2] Beginning in 2010, Fornoff served alongside Petra Gerster as a moderator of the German news show heute.[3] In 2014, he became the head of ZDF's editorial department concerning politics and current affairs, also serving as a supervisor for election polling.[4] Fornoff also currently serves as a presenter on the ZDF show Politbarometer.
Personal life edit
Fornoff is married and has two children.[1]
Awards edit
- 1997: Telestar – for reporting on the 1997 Central European flood
References edit
- ^ a b c "Biografie". ZDF Presseportal.
- ^ "Matthias Fornhoff, "heute"-Moderator: "Mit 1,82 Meter passe ich perfekt"" – via Tagesspiegel.
- ^ .Deutschlandfunkd.de: Auch gute Nachrichten sind Nachrichten
- ^ "Matthias Fornoff verlässt "heute"". 3 February 2014 – via www.spiegel.de.