Global News Agencies

Question 1

Core-based news agencies are also known as wire services. Who are the “big guys”?

Answer 1

• Thomas Reuters (London)
• Associated Press (NY)
  France Press (Paris)

Question 2

From what perspective do global news agencies report? How do they report on peripheral and semi peripheral nations? Who criticizes them for this?

Answer 2

• Western perspective, core country point of view
• Mostly negative on peripheral and semi countries, which helps to maintain the imbalance between the East and West, North and South.
• Criticized by UNESCO and NWICO for controlling the flow of info in the world

Question 3

What is Reuters?

Answer 3

• First international wire service business following the growth and speed of the British Empire
• Since 1851, distributing general and economic news from a British perspective
• Specialized in financial info, including transaction products which enable traders to deal in the foreign exchange and security markets

Question 4

What is the Associated Press?

Answer 4

• Created in U.S. in 1848 by six NYC newspapers
• Benefits from the invention of the telegraph
• From the start it has been a news cooperative (1700 members newspapers) and has over 5000 radio and TV stations as clients
• Neither privately owned nor government funded, the AP is a non-profit news cooperative, owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members.
• 3700 employees, 49 Pulitzer prizes

Question 5

What is Inter Press Services?

Answer 5

• created as a profit international cooperative of journalists in 1964 to fill the information gap between Europe and Latin America through a snail mail-borne feature news service.
• Today: a non-profit, international non-governmental organization with headquarters in Rome
• Focused on development, globalization, human rights and environment
• Has partnerships with other media and civil society organizations
• Promotes media and communication events that bring together disparate audiences to discuss issues related to media and developent

Question 6

What are the implications or global news agencies?

Answer 6

• Setting the global news agencies
• It’s all about profit
• Corporations run the show