The dpa office in Washington is getting a new editorial director: Anna Ringle will be head of the five-person team in the US capital on July 1, 2025. The 43-year-old journalist was previously responsible for the dpa's media reporting from Berlin. As regional office manager, she will be responsible for all dpa reporting from North America. In addition to Washington, the news agency has correspondent offices in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ringle succeeds the previous office manager Christiane Jacke, who will take on new tasks within the agency.
dpa editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann says of the top personnel: “From her highly successful work as a media correspondent, Anna Ringle knows very well what our customers expect in terms of modern reporting. The USA in particular with the new President Trump is always the focus of customer interest. Anna.” With a strong US team, Ringle will ensure agile US reporting, which we can already look forward to. I would like to thank Christiane Jacke very much for her commitment in challenging times.”
To person
Anna Ringle was born in Karlsruhe. After completing her master's degree in intercultural German-French studies in Aix-en-Provence and Tübingen, she volunteered at the dapd news agency before moving to dpa in 2013, where she worked in the Panorama department and as a Brandenburg correspondent.
background
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949. Around 1,000 journalists work from around 140 locations at home and abroad. dpa's shareholders include around 170 German media companies. The central editorial office, headed by editor-in-chief Sven Gösmann, is located in Berlin. The management around its chairman Peter Kropsch works at the company headquarters in Hamburg. The chairman of the supervisory board is Daniel Schöningh (CEO Ippen-Mediengruppe, Munich).
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