Germany’s largest news agency dpa brings together your offers for data products and graphics: From July 1, 2025, both areas will be bundled in dpa-infocom GmbH. DPA-Infographik GmbH is merged with the dpa-infocom. With this step, the dpa increasingly focuses on the growing and rapidly changing market for reliable, data -based and visual content.
The dpa infographic creates infographics, maps and show images for media houses, educational institutions, companies and associations. All employees of the dpa infographic will continue the products and services under the roof of the dpa-infocom. The management of the dpa-infocom remains with Jirka Albig and Teresa Dapp.
“We see a growing need for trustworthy, verified data and graphics, also as a counterpoint to the quantities of misleading content on the web and on social media,” says Teresa Dapp, Managing Director of the dpa-infocom. Jirka Albig, also managing director, adds: “With the merging of our skills such as research, classification, technical delivery and graphic preparation as well as a strong brand in the back, we have a better chance of covering it.”
Ira Kugel, previously managing director of the DPA infographic, will continue to be available to the DPA-Infocom with its graphics knowledge. At the same time, she takes on a new function in the dpa group: she becomes managing director of Rufa Rundfunk-Agenturdienste GmbH, the 100 percent DPA subsidiary, which is responsible for the production of audio and video services. “I look forward to further developing an important area of the dpa together with the colleagues of the Rufa, which is becoming increasingly important,” says Ira Kugel. It succeeds Silke Brüggemeier, who will concentrate on her tasks as a deputy DPA editor-in-chief and boss.
DPA editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann: “Visual content is becoming more and more important for our editorial team. This is also reflected in our video first strategy. Silke Brüggemeier will in future shape the control of photo and video production even more and to focus more on the editorial work in the future. Colleagues win who will continue to lead the Rufa into the future with innovative strength. “
To the people:
The Albig body has been managing director of dpa-infocom GmbH since July 2022. The studied business IT specialist began his career at the DPA in 1997 as a volunteer and later worked in various sales and product management positions.
Teresa Dapp has been managing director of DPA-Infocom GmbH since July 2024. Previously, she worked as a reporter and international correspondent in London and as a correspondent in Berlin before taking over the management of the DPA fact check editorial team in the dpa-infocom in 2021.
Ira Kugel Came to the dpa in 2005. She has been working in management positions since 2016, among other things as editor -in -chief of the children’s news and the infographic. She has been running the DPA-Infographik GmbH business since 2022.
Silk Brüggmeier has been deputy editor -in -chief of the dpa and boss Visual since 2021. Brüggemeier volunteered at the dpa. Then she was a photo editor at Bunte and Instyle before moving to BILD, where she worked as a photo chef from 2008.
About dpa:
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the world’s leading independent news agencies. DPA supplies the media, companies and organizations with editorial offers. This includes texts, photos, videos, graphics, radio contributions and other formats. As an internationally active agency, dpa reports in seven languages. Around 1,000 journalists work at around 140 locations worldwide. DPA shareholders are around 170 German media companies. The central editor of the dpa under the direction of editor -in -chief Sven Gösmann is located in Berlin. The management around its chairman Peter Kropsch works at the headquarters in Hamburg. The chairman of the supervisory board is Daniel Schöningh (CEO Ippen-Mediengruppe, Munich).
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