Deutsche Presse-Agentur

dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (abbreviated as dpa; ) is a German news agency founded in 1949. Based in Hamburg, it has grown to be a major worldwide operation serving print media, radio, television, online, mobile phones, and national news agencies. News is available in seven languages, among them German, English, Spanish and Arabic.

The dpa is the largest press agency in Germany with headquarters in Hamburg and the central editorial office in Berlin. It is represented abroad at around 100 locations and maintains 12 state services in Germany with the corresponding offices. In 2022, the agency had 697 employees and a turnover of €103.2 million.

Independence of ideologies, businesses and governments, non-partisanship, and reliability (accuracy always comes before speed) have been announced as the main principles of the agency management and editorial policy.

For decades, almost all German radio stations and newspapers with their own editorial offices have been affiliated to the dpa, meaning they can report on global events without having to maintain their own correspondents and editors. In 2009, several independent regional newspapers, including one of the largest regional publications, the ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'', temporarily dropped the dpa service, but the contract was resumed in December 2012. This large-scale influence of the dpa over public opinion has often been met with criticism.

The agency is member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA). Provided by Wikipedia