Lena Wurzenberger has a new job. According to one Report in Automobilwoche works the former Picture-Reporter from April 1st in the corporate communication of BMW. The car manufacturer confirmed to the industry journal that the 30-year-old should become “a spokeswoman for the supplier network and sustainability”.
There was some excitement about the journalist after it became known last year that she was in a relationship with Julian Nagelsmann, recently dismissed Bayern Munich coach. At that time, Wurzenberger was still working full-time as a sports reporter on FC Bayern.
Nagelsmann saw no problems for his job when the relationship became known
after the Picture himself had made the relationship public (“Julian Nagelsmann loves Picture-Reporterin”), but Wurzenberger was released from reporting on FC Bayern with immediate effect and was employed as a police reporter in the Munich local editorial office from then on. “This procedure and the examination of possible conflicts of interest are in line with the guidelines for journalistic independence at Axel Springer”. , a spokesman for the publisher said at the request of the SZ.
Neither Wurzenberger nor Nagelsmann had made any statements up to that point. Nagelsmann saw no problems for his job when the relationship became known.
Wurzenberger then had her job at the last week Picture-Newspaper in Munich terminated. The Axel Springer publishing house confirmed to the dpa that she would stop at the end of March at her own request. “We have complied with this and wish her every success in the future,” was the statement from Berlin. She did not comment on the reasons for her termination.