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 [de] and Südwestrundfunk since 2019.^[1] She gained notoriety as a reporter through various magazines such as RTL Zwei and Punkt 12 [de].^[2] She has been a host for the Ludicious Game Awards, Saturn Logitech and 20th century Fox.^[3]

Phylicia Whitney
Whitney in 2019
Born	Goslar, West Germany
Education	Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Occupation(s)	Presenter, author, producer and journalist

Personal life

Whitney was born on February 9 in Goslar, West 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.^[4]

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.^[5] In 2012, she produced a web series. Soon after, she graduated with a degree of editing at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.^[6]

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. As a gaming journalist, Whitney has written for the multiple magazines, some of which include Chip gameware,^[13] Gameswelt^[14] and Gamepires.^[15] 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.^[16][17]

References

1. "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 7 August 2021.
2. "Phylicia Whitney ist neue Games-Moderatorin für SPORT1 und Super RTL". beta.gamesmarkt.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
3. "Schüco @ BAU 2019 – Innovationsthema / innovation topic HOME". Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via YouTube.
4. "Flitz". flitzigamez.de (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
5. . ComedyRocket (in German). 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
6. "Neues eSports-Gesicht für SPORT1: Phylicia Whitney "Flitzi" wird neue Moderatorin des Magazins "bwin Inside eSports" auf eSPORTS1 und im Free-TV" (in German). Yahoo! Sport. 27 January 2020.
7. "Frühstücksfernsehen - Games-Kracher für den Sommer" (in German). 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
8. VORLESEN, ROGER. "theHunter: Call of the Wild - Video-Preview inkl. Interview | Kimme, Korn, Schuss..." games.ch (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
9. Wimmeroth, Ulrich (18 April 2017). "Der Vergleich: Project CARS 2 vs echte Rennstrecke". Red Bull (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
10. "PlayLink für PS4 – This is for the social players!". Der deutschsprachige PlayStation Blog (in German). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
11. . RTL Nitro (in German). Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
12. "Unter uns: Astrid Leberti und Jens Hajek liefern sich eine heiße Verfolgungsjagd". rtl.de (in German). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
13. "Phylicia Whitney / "Flitzi" kressköpfe". Kress.de (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
14. Flitzis Kolumne: GameSexpertin (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2016.
15. Du willst es doch auch! – Wollen wir wirklich sexuelle Gewalt in Videospielen? (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
16. "Top 50 Frauen der Games-Branche 2017: Medien – GamesWirtschaft.de" (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
17. "Deutscher Sportjournalistenpreis 2021: Caspar von Au gewinnt E-Sport-Kategorie". GamesWirtschaft.de (in German). 6 July 2021.