Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA)

Wolfgang Bartels was one of the five founding editors of the HNA. He was part of a non-partisan group that received a licence from the American military government to establish the third newspaper in Hesse. He was close to the SPD and worked as an editor until 1955.

Bartels then moved to Munich in 1956 and published the magazine Das Gewissen (The Conscience) from 1956 to 1967, which he described as an independent publication dedicated to combating the dangers of nuclear power.

Fritz Schmidt was one of five founding editors who received a licence from the American military government to establish the Hessische Nachrichten newspaper. As part of the non-partisan group, he represented the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1946, he left the newspaper after differences of opinion with the other founding editors.

August Heinrich Berning (1895–1979) was a German journalist, cultural and social policy politician, and one of five publishers who received a license from the American military government to establish Hessische Nachrichten. The newspaper first appeared on September 26, 1945 in Kassel. Berning followed the Nuremberg war crimes trials and published his impressions on December 5 and 12, 1945 in Hessische Nachrichten. After 1945, Berning received a license together with Hugo Stenzel to establish the Frankfurter Neue Presse and became its editor-in-chief. In 1949 he directed an editorial office in Ibbenbüren, and in 1950 became editor-in-chief of a church newspaper in Aachen.

Gustav Römer was one of five publishers who received a license from the American military government to establish Hessische Nachrichten (HNA). He was considered close to the liberal-bourgeois camp and the Liberal Party of Germany (LPD).

Wolfgang Poeschl (also spelled Pöschl) was one of five publishers who received a license from the American military government to establish Hessische Nachrichten (HNA) and was characterized as affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Jan-Eric Rempel is a member of the Rempel family. Together with Max Rempel, he holds 85% of Märkische Druck- & Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, which publishes Gießener Allgemeine, Wetterauer Zeitung, and Alsfelder Allgemeine, among others. He is thus both a shareholder and managing director.

Dr. Max Rempel, born in 1979, is a doctorate holder in economics who has served as managing director of Märkische Druck- & Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurter Verlags Societät, and Mediengruppe Frankfurt since 2011. Additionally, he serves as editor-in-chief of almost all newspapers of Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, including HNA – Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, Frankfurter Neue Presse, and Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung.

Frank Schmid is managing director of Verlag Dierichs GmbH & Co. KG, which publishes Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA). He serves in management alongside Dr. Jan Eric Rempel and Dr. Max Rempel and is thus part of the leadership responsible for strategic and editorial direction. In his position, he participates in decisions regarding the publisher's development, digitalization, and market orientation of HNA.

Axel Grysczyk has been editor-in-chief of Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) since 2022 and heads the editorial office in Kassel. His journalism career took him through positions such as local and sports editor at Saarbrücker Zeitung, roles in establishing advertising newspapers, and as editor-in-chief of Offenbach Post, before he joined HNA. Under his leadership, HNA endeavors to strengthen local journalism – through citizen engagement initiatives such as the "Sommertour" (Summer Tour), as well as through formats in which scientific and social issues are covered from a regional perspective.