Matthias Fornoff
German television presenter, journalist and news presenter
About Matthias Fornoff
Born 1963. Matthias Fornoff is a German television presenter, journalist, news presenter and presenter.
Matthias Fornoff (born 28 August 1963, in Mainz) Beginning in 2010, Fornoff served alongside Petra Gerster as a moderator of the German news show heute. In 2014, he became the head of ZDF's editorial department concerning politics and current affairs, also serving as a supervisor for election polling. Fornoff also currently serves as a presenter on the ZDF show Politbarometer.
Personal life Fornoff is married and has two children.
Awards 1997: Telestar – for reporting on the 1997 Central European flood
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German television presenter, journalist and news presenter
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