Phylicia Whitney
Phylicia "Flitzi" Whitney is a German presenter, author, producer and journalist. She has been moderating the magazine 'Inside eSports' since January 2020 and has been a reporter of Sat. 1 Breakfast Television and Südwestrundfunk since 2019.[1][2] She has previously been a host for the Ludicious Game Awards, Saturn Logitech and 20th century Fox.[3] Whitney became famous as a reporter through various magazines such as RTL Zwei and Punkt 12.[4]
Personal Life
Whitney was born on February 9 in Goslar, Germany and grew up in Hanover. She enjoyed music, joining choir and attending piano lessons. Whitney gave lessons in hip-hop to her children and other young people until 2016. After her acting training, she moved to Cologne where she still lives today. She is involved with various organizations dedicated to animal welfare and climate protection.[5]
Career
After graduating from high school, Whitney completed an apprenticeship at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts and took part in multiple theatre productions. She joined RTL for a second apprenticeship, then began to work for various programs as an editor and reporter.[6] In 2012, she produced a web series. Soon after, she graduated with a degree of editing at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.
Whitney joined Sat. 1 Breakfast Television in 2013. She discusses topics such as video games, apps, hardware and presents recent technology highlights.[7] She reported for RTL Zwei until 2018 and reported on various action events for Games.ch,[8] Red Bull[9] and Sony.[10] In 2016, she began working as a freelance TV reporter for Punkt 12, Nitro and Vox[11] and until 2019, Whitney hosted multiple livestreams, interviews and backstage reports for Alles was zählt, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and Among Us.[12] She was reporter for the Toggo TV Show every Saturday and Sunday on Super RTL until 2020.
Whitney also works as a video journalist and producer, and was a reporter for multiple trade fairs relating to Anime.[13] As a gaming journalist, Whitney has written for the multiple magazines, some of which include Chip gameware,[14] Gameswelt[15] and Gamepires.[16] In 2017, GamesWirtschaft ranked her in the top 10 best women in the German games industry in the “Media” category and was nominated for the German Sports Journalist Award in 2021.[17][18]
References
- ^ "Phylicia Whitney on Instagram: "Mit diesen Waffen schlag ich mich durch das 24h Rennen am Nürburgring 🚜 Die Beine sind schon Brei und ich hätte gern ein Bier, aber das…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Neues eSports-Gesicht für SPORT1: Phylicia Whitney „Flitzi" wird neue Moderatorin des Magazins „bwin Inside eSports" auf eSPORTS1 und im Free-TV". SPORT1 (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Schüco @ BAU 2019 – Innovationsthema / innovation topic HOME, retrieved 2022-01-24
- ^ "Phylicia Whitney ist neue Games-Moderatorin für SPORT1 und Super RTL". beta.gamesmarkt.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "FlitzImWeb.de". www.flitzigamez.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Comedy Rocket - der Wahnsinn hat einen neuen Namen". ComedyRocket. 2016-11-19. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ Frühstücksfernsehen - Games-Kracher für den Sommer (in German), 2018-07-04, retrieved 2021-08-07
- ^ News, games ch-Aktuelle theHunter: Call of The Wild. "theHunter: Call of the Wild - Video-Preview inkl. Interview - Kimme, Korn, Schuss..." games.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-20.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Project Cars 2: SO ist eine Fahrt mit dem ICE Track!". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "PlayLink für PS4 – This is for the social players!". Der deutschsprachige PlayStation Blog (in German). 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Videos". RTL Nitro. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Unter uns: Astrid Leberti und Jens Hajek liefern sich eine heiße Verfolgungsjagd". rtl.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ "WATCHBOX - Specials | RTL+". RTL+ (ehemals TVNOW) Mediathek (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Phylicia Whitney / „Flitzi" kressköpfe – Detail: kress.de". kress.de. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ Flitzis Kolumne: GameSexpertin. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Du willst es doch auch! – Wollen wir wirklich sexuelle Gewalt in Videospielen? – GamePire. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ Top 50 Frauen der Games-Branche 2017: Medien – GamesWirtschaft.de. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ Deutscher Sportjournalistenpreis 2021: Caspar von Au gewinnt E-Sport-Kategorie – GamesWirtschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-06.