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Astrid Maier is passionate about making journalism accessible to as many people as possible. As deputy editor-in-chief of dpa, Germany's largest independent news agency, she develops strategies to ensure that news remains relevant to the everyday lives of all dpa customers through technological and content innovation. Before joining dpa, the business and tech journalist was editor-in-chief of the professional network XING. Astrid Maier learned her journalistic craft at the Financial Times Deutschland. This was followed by positions at manager magazin and Wirtschaftswoche, where she headed the Business & Markets and Innovation & Digital departments. She is an alumna of the John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University and co-founder of Dverse Media, an association that promotes diversity and innovation in journalism.

Astrid Maier

Events

Wie weiter? Ideen rund um Frauen, Führung, Allyship und Machtgefüge in den Medien

Mit Julia Blust, Miriam Scharlibbe, Astrid Maier, Swantje Dake, Lea Thies, Sarah Brasack and Christiane Uebing

Das Netzwerk für Frauen im Journalismus *iNNEN lädt ein zum Ideen-Meetup und Austausch - im Dialog über alles von Machtgefüge bis Allyship!

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Haus der Bildung // 2.49 (13 - 17)

Social Event

Festival ticket required

Learnings From 14 Years of Digital News Report

With Astrid Maier and Nic Newman

Want to know where global journalism is headed? Nic Newman and Astrid Maier dig into shifting habits, AI, and the platforms transforming how we find and trust the news.

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eventmanufaktur Bonn // Obergeschoss

Fireside Chat

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America's Free Press in Shackles

With Astrid Maier, Keri Mitchell, Kimberly Spencer, Moritz Döbler and Thomas S. Leatherbury

The U.S., birthplace of democracy, now faces threats to press freedom: public media defunding, silencing critical newsrooms, and rolling back journalist protections. Will democracy’s guardrails hold? The world is watching.

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LVR LandesMuseum // Auditorium

Panel

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Humans AND Machines: How to use AI constructively

With Charlie Beckett, Astrid Maier, Christina Elmer and Peter Damgaard-Kristensen

Generative Artificial Intelligence has taken center stage this year, sparking responses from media companies worldwide. Get ready to dive deep into the AI-human collaboration at the b° future festival!

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Panel

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Session recordings