news agencies

Reuters and AP

News agencies are organizations that gather and distribute news to media outlets.

Wire services like the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse supply stories, photos, and video to newspapers, broadcasters, and websites that subscribe to their feeds.

The term reflects their role as wholesale suppliers of journalism rather than direct publishers.

Opposites
organizational structure

news agenciescitizen journalists

Non-professional news documenters

stringers

information role

news agenciesreaders

Those who peruse text

subscribers · the public · viewers

truth and reliability

news agenciesrumor mills

Sources of unverified talk

troll farms · gossip columns · tabloid journalism

Family

news, agency, newspaper, newsletter, newsworthy, newscaster, newscast, newsstand, newsroom

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G