1. Benjamin Dayton Fajzullin was born on 16 February 1976 and is a journalist, documentary maker, news anchor, reporter, producer, panel moderator and voice-over artist.
12 Facts About Ben Fajzullin
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Ben Fajzullin previously presented the national news show World News Australia on SBS television from Sydney.
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Ben Fajzullin is based in Berlin, where he is one of the main presenters on DW.
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Ben Fajzullin started in theatre and public speaking at the age of eight and developed a taste for journalism as an editor of his school magazine in his senior year at the Anglican Church Grammar School in 1993.
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Ben Fajzullin launched his career as a journalist in radio in 1996.
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Ben Fajzullin was a reporter and newsreader at Radio 4CC in Gladstone, Radio 4HI in Emerald and Radio 4BC in Brisbane.
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Ben Fajzullin reported around Europe for Deutsche Welle Radio in Bonn, where he hosted the global broadcaster's English-language news and European current-affairs show Inside Europe.
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Ben Fajzullin then moved to DW to become a sports presenter on Deutsche Welle-TV.
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Ben Fajzullin covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup, reporting live from matches across the country.
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Ben Fajzullin produced and presented two series for German broadcaster ZDF "Auch mein Zuhause" about the challenges facing migrants from various countries, who had made Germany their home, and "Erlebnis Shopping Deutschland" about foreign tourists, who regularly came to Germany to experience German culture and buy German products.
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Ben Fajzullin was DW's chief business anchor for about 10 years, reporting regularly from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and hosting the weekly business show Made in Germany.
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Ben Fajzullin was the regular host of DW's successful and award-winning daily news show on the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 Special, for almost two years.