Teresa Dapp becomes the new managing director of the dpa-infocom. Jirka Albig remains managing director.
Teresa Dapp becomes the new managing director of the dpa-infocom. Jirka Albig remains managing director.
The dpa-infocom, a 100 percent daughter of the German Press Agency (dpa), gets a new double-top tip. Teresa Dapp will lead the work of the digital subsidiary together with the previous managing director Jirka Albig. Dapp, who has headed the DPA-Infocom factory team since 2021, takes over the position of Peter Kropsch, the CEO of the dpa, who had temporarily adopted the management of the dpa-infocom.
Teresa Dapp started her career at the dpa as a volunteer in 2012 and worked in various positions, including as a correspondent in London and as a Federal Correspondent in Berlin. Their focuses were in the areas of climate, environment, traffic and digital. Since 2021 she has been the editor-in-chief and product manager fact check at DPA-Infocom.
Jirka Albig started his career at the dpa in 1997 as a volunteer. After stations in the online editorial team and in sales, he moved to the DPA-Infocom in 2016 and has been managing director since 2022.
The dpa-infocom specializes in innovative information services for digital markets. Their offers include “ready-to-publish” products, live graphics, extensive data offers, curating services, independent fact checks and high-quality interactive graphics. In addition, the dpa-infocom includes the service and consumer editorial team of the dpa with advice holders for digital and print.
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the world's leading independent news agencies. It supplies the media, companies and organizations with editorial content in various formats. The dpa reports in seven languages and has around 140 locations at home and abroad. Over 170 German media companies are shareholders of the dpa.
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[insert table]These new personnel changes in the double-top point of the dpa-infocom show that the DPA group successfully uses its excellent career opportunities and implementing internal support programs for managers. The collaboration between Teresa Dapp and Jirka Albig is intended to continue the success story of the dpa-infocom and develop innovative services for publishers. You would like to use the editorial expertise of Teresa Dapp to combine journalism and technology even more.