Deutsche Welle

Jochen Spangenberg

Jochen Spangenberg is a media and communication expert working at Germany’s international media organisation Deutsche Welle as Deputy Head of Research and Cooperation Projects. The topical focus of Jochen’s work over the past decade has been on research dealing with social newsgathering, disinformation analysis and verification of digital content, and relating all this to the news sector and journalism. Jochen led DW’s work in a variety of projects dealing with countering disinformation such as Reveal, InVID, WeVerify and vera.ai.

Jochen also lectures at the Free University Berlin in Media & Communication Studies, is an active supporter of Lie Detectors, an NGO that brings media literacy into classrooms, and serves as vice-chair of the Advisory Council of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), Europe’s primary initiative against disinformation. He is furthermore Advisory Board chair of CEDMO (Central European Digital Media Observatory) and Advisory Board member of GADMO (German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory).

In FIMI-RESIST, Jochen will be involved primarily on the administrative and coordination side, and also be active in dissemination and training.

Kay Macquarrie

Kay Macquarrie is an Innovation Manager at Germany’s international media organisation Deutsche Welle and is working for the Research and Cooperation Projects team. Kay’s work focuses on language technologies including the AI platform plain X, with a particular emphasis on overcoming linguistic and accessibility barriers through advanced technological developments. More recently, verification tools for manipulation detection have also become a key component of his day-to-day life.

In FIMI-RESIST, Kay will be primarily involved in training preparation and piloting, and also be active in the analysis of user needs and user requirements.

Anna Schild

Anna Schild is an Innovation Manager at Deutsche Welle, working at the intersection of journalism, research, and technology. She focuses on user-centered verification tools that help journalists assess manipulated and synthetic media, with a recent emphasis on audio forensics.

She has led and contributed to research projects on disinformation analysis and digital content verification, including news-polygraph, PADSE, and vera.ai.

Her project work spans research project management, communication, and user-centered development—from understanding journalists’ everyday needs to shaping and testing prototypes. Her overall aim is to translate complex technologies into understandable and useful tools for journalists.

In FIMI-RESIST, Anna will lead DW’s user needs analysis activities and support training and piloting.