Niddal Salah-Eldin to take over as dpa's deputy editor-in-chief and head of innovation and product (FOTO)

Berlin (ots) -

The 33 year-old incoming head of innovation is joining from "Welt"
- "Perfect for the job"

Niddal Salah-Eldin will take over as deputy editor-in-chief and
head of innovation and product at the German Press Agency (dpa) in
Berlin starting May 1st 2019. In this role her primary task will be
to drive the digital transformation of the agency. The 33-year old
journalist is joining from "Welt," where she currently holds the
position of Director of Digital Innovation within the editorial
management team. She is taking over from Roland Freund (50), who is
moving for family reasons to Munich and will take over as regional
bureau chief there.

"With Niddal Salah-Eldin a digital visionary of the German media
landscape is joining dpa, in order to lead the transformation from a
news agency to a media intelligence company from a key position. She
has a great personality and is a team player, knows the needs of
dpa's clients and has a demonstrated sense for trends and
developments. And Niddal Salah-Eldin puts things into practise. All
these qualities make her perfect for the job, dpa and our clients in
the media and society," Sven Gösmann, dpa's editor-in-chief said.

Gösmann stressed that in her future role she "will be able to
build on the good foundation that Roland Freund has established over
the last three years. We thank him for his spirit and his energy and
are looking forward to working with him in his new role in Bavaria".

"Technological development is the driver of all journalistic
development," dpa's Chief Executive Officer Peter Kropsch stressed.
"With Niddal Salah-Eldin a journalist is joining the editorial
leadership of dpa, who lives this understanding professionally and
personally. We are looking forward to the many impulses she will give
dpa and its shareholders."

"I am very much looking forward to this special opportunity to
take on responsibility within dpa's editorial management team for all
things related to product and innovation," Niddal Salah-Edin said.
"It's my mission to future proof journalism. I am looking forward to
think editorial, tech and product comprehensively and in an
international context, and shape it together with a great team. I
thank the editorial management team at "Welt," the board of
Axel-Springer and all colleagues at 'Welt', SPRING and Springer for
the fantastic and successful time together, the trust and the
opportunities."

As deputy editor-in-chief for innovation and product (head of
innovation) Niddal Salah-Eldin will be in charge of important sectors
of the future such as the development of dpa's editorial strategy and
products for media as well as business clients, and innovation and
change within the company. She will also lead a growing team of dpa
product managers, who are in charge of developing media and content
intelligence, diaries and services, sport data and data analysis. In
addition to that she will be in charge of the development of
editorial products and tools, and an ambassador of change for the
agency globally, as well as towards dpa's clients and shareholders.

Niddal Salah-Eldin studied Politics and Journalism in Mainz and
Washington, and is a trained social-media manager. After working at
Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg and Ketchum Pleon, she joined "Welt"
as a social-media-journalist in 2014, where she was promoted to Head
of Social Media, and later on Director of Digital Innovation. In 2010
she was part of the Bertelsmann Talent Pool, 2011 she was selected to
participate in the Emerald leadership program of Boston Consulting,
in 2014 she was elected to the "Top 30 Young Professionals under 30."
In 2015 she was among the "Top 30 under 30" of Medium Magazin. 2018
she was selected by the editorial team of Kress Pro as one of the top
25 media managers under 30 shaping the media landscape in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland.

From May 2019 the editorial management team at dpa will be made up
of editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann (52), and his deputies Niddal
Salah-Eldin (33), head of innovation and product, Antje Homburger
(55), head of news and Jutta Steinhoff (51), head of staff. Change
manager Susanne Goldstein (45) is also part of the leadership team.

About dpa

The German News Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the
world's leading independent news agencies. dpa supplies media
outlets, businesses and other organizations with editorial content,
including text, photos, videos, graphics, audio and other formats. As
an international agency, dpa reports in four languages: German,
English, Spanish and Arabic. The company has around 1,000 journalists
in 160 locations in Germany and abroad. Its shareholders are 180
German media companies. Staff work according to the principles
outlined in the dpa statute: independently from ideologies,
businesses and governments. The central editing desk, under the
leadership of editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann, is located in Berlin. The
management team, headed by chairman Peter Kropsch, is based in
Hamburg. The chairman of the Supervisory Board is David Brandstätter
(Main-Post GmbH, Würzburg).

Internet: www.dpa.com (German, English, Spanish, Arabic)

Contact:
dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH
Jens Petersen
Head of Corporate Communications
Telefon: +49 40 4113 32843
E-Mail: pressestelle@dpa.com

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