Christian Wilp
Christian Wilp (born December 28, 1964 in Greven ) is a German television journalist .
Career
After graduating from high school in Greven (Gymnasium Augustinianum), Wilp completed a traineeship with the Westfälische Nachrichten . He then studied political science, journalism, geography and art history from 1988. After two years of working as a permanent freelancer for the ZDF news program heute and the Münster regional studio of Westdeutscher Rundfunk , he became an editor at the news channel n-tv in Berlin, where he became parliamentary correspondent in 1999.
In 2003, Wilp took over the construction and management of the n-tv studio in Washington as USA correspondent. He was a member of the White House Press Corps and co-founded and president of the White House Foreign Press Group, the first foreign journalists' association in White House history . Wilp reported u. a. on the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in 2010.
In 2011 Wilp moved to Infonetwork GmbH in Berlin. He works as chief correspondent in the capital city studio of RTL and n-tv.
Web links
- n-tv portrait of Christian Wilp
- NRW-TV: Christian Wilp is interviewed by his predecessor Roger Horné
- RTL Group: Backstage
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilp, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German television journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greven |