Patrick Budgen

Patrick Budgen (* 1983 in Vienna ) is an Austrian television presenter and editor.

Life

Patrick Budgen (whose name is pronounced in English) was born in 1983 as the son of an English father in Vienna and also completed his school education here, which he completed with the Matura in 2003 .

At that time he was already working as a freelancer at W24 and wienweb.at , which merged with W24 at the end of 2011. Subsequently, he began studying journalism and media management at the FHWien in 2004 and began in 2005 as an intern at the ORF .

After completing his studies in 2008 at the latest, he was taken on as editor by the ORF regional studio in Vienna and then designed countless television and radio programs for Vienna today , Radio Vienna , as well as programs for the central editorial office of ORF. From that time on, he was seen in numerous live entries and reports for regional and national ORF broadcasts and began in January 2012 as a presenter of the daily live broadcast Wien heute . Since 2010, Budgen has been reporting on the varied life and goings-on in the Schönbrunn Zoo in this program every spring, and in 2011 became head of duty .

In November 2019, alongside Ulrike Dobeš , Paul Tesarek and Elisabeth Vogel, he was still one of four regularly appearing presenters of this program. On the breakfast television program Guten Morgen Österreich , which has been produced by ORF since 2016 , he acted as a subsidiary presenter - also acting as the main presenter - for the federal state of Vienna. In 2017 he represented the show Daheim in Austria .

In addition to his on-air practice, he also has off-air practice, whereby he is often booked as a moderator for events.

Web links

• Patrick Budgens profile on the official website of ORF
• PATRICK BUDGEN: "DESIRE TO WORK ON TELEVISION"