Peter Kloeppel

Life

After graduation in 1977 at the Humboldt School in Bad Homburg, he completed his military service in the Air Force in Pinneberg and Kerpen. He studied agricultural science at the Georg- August-Universität Göttingen. He graduated in 1983 with a degree in agricultural engineering (specializing in animal production ) successfully. From 1983 to 1985 he attended the Henri Nannen School of Journalism in Hamburg. During this time he gained his first experience with journalistic contributions for RTL Plus in Luxembourg.

From 1985 Kloeppel worked in the Bonn Studio the private broadcaster RTL plus, where he rose to become studio manager two years later. In 1990, he became the first U.S. correspondent for the station to New York. From there he delivered from October 1990 to March 1991 almost daily live background reports on the Gulf War.

In April 1992 Kloeppel chief moderator of the main news RTL was currently, as of 1993, he was also deputy editorial director. Since 1994 Kloeppel hosted on RTL also all election program on the federal and state elections. On 1 November 2004 Kloeppel was appointed chief editor of RTL.

In addition Kloeppel founded in early 2001, the RTL School of Journalism for TV and multimedia, its director since then and together with Leonhard Ottinger their manager.

1990 Kloeppel learned in Washington, D.C. originally from Hastings, Minnesota television producer Carol Sagissor know. In 1993 they married, living with her ​​daughter in Bonn.

Awards

Throughout his career, Peter Kloeppel received several awards such as the Television Award by the New York Festivals in the Category News (1993, Best News Anchor ), the Golden Lion and the Bambi (1996 and 2008).

In 1997 he received the Bavarian Television Prize and the Telestar. 2003 Kloeppel was named best presenter of an information program with the German Television Award.

Both in 2001 and in 2002 was awarded the Hans- Peter Kloeppel Small Media Award, awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of political reporting in German language on television.

A special award was bestowed upon him for the Kloeppel on 22 March 2002 Special Grimme Prize, which he received " excellent coverage " to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 for his. For precisely this moderation, he was also awarded the Golden Gong.

On 7 June 2009 Kloeppel was awarded " between fear and breaking America," the RIAS Award for his RTL documentation.

In 2012, he finally received as a presenter and author of the broadcast September 11 - Like a day our life changed again the Bavarian Television Award.

Others

2008 Kloeppel took over the patronage of the German school newspaper price.

As a reading ambassador of Reading Foundation, he promotes, among others, in RTL TV spots for reading.

Opposite the mirror told Kloeppel, he rejected sideline for business enterprises on principle to remain journalistically independent.

He also sits on the Board of Journalists Network.