Berlin. 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.