The first 3 are wire services. They do have staff reporters, but most of their content is generated by other news organizations that are subscribers to them. I wish more people understood how wire services work. It’s part of being media literate.
Basically if I’m a subscriber to AP (true of Reuters and AFP as well) I can publish their content and edit it however I want, and I can contribute my own content (put it on the wire) as long as I use their in-house style-guides which for AP is the industry standard in the US anyway.
All of which is just to say that a wire service story may or may not have been reported by someone who actually works for that wire service. Usually, at least with AP and Reuters, it will say in the biline.
I understood that they give access to their articles to other news services, but didn’t know that they themselves source it from other news servicesk if this is what you mean?). I used to think they were the primary producers.
most of the stories I read say AFP or AP either in the beginning or the end, so does that mean they published them? or just that they got it from them?
but didn’t know that they themselves source it from other news servicesk if this is what you mean?
My understanding is that they are the source, and that other news organizations, like CNN, etc., uses them for what they put on air.
They do have staff reporters, but most of their content is generated by other news organizations that are subscribers to them.
The poster you replied to did say that the newswire services also use other organizations as their news source, but they don’t.
Generally speaking, as there are one-offs, the newswire services employees are the ‘boots on the ground’ gathering the news to put into their feed.
Now, a subscriber to the newswire service can add their own opinion and content if they wish, that could skew the original newswire news content.
But newswires don’t get news from other newswire or other companies that subscribe to newswires, they generate the news from their own employees and contractors.
If you want as close to the truth news get it from a newswire.
yeah, that’s what I used to think about those three.
I thought maybe I was wrong lol. now I gotta read about it before anyone says another thing now lol.
thanks for the explanation mate, much appreciated!
The first 3 are wire services. They do have staff reporters, but most of their content is generated by other news organizations that are subscribers to them. I wish more people understood how wire services work. It’s part of being media literate.
Basically if I’m a subscriber to AP (true of Reuters and AFP as well) I can publish their content and edit it however I want, and I can contribute my own content (put it on the wire) as long as I use their in-house style-guides which for AP is the industry standard in the US anyway.
All of which is just to say that a wire service story may or may not have been reported by someone who actually works for that wire service. Usually, at least with AP and Reuters, it will say in the biline.
I understood that they give access to their articles to other news services, but didn’t know that they themselves source it from other news servicesk if this is what you mean?). I used to think they were the primary producers.
most of the stories I read say AFP or AP either in the beginning or the end, so does that mean they published them? or just that they got it from them?
My understanding is that they are the source, and that other news organizations, like CNN, etc., uses them for what they put on air.
The poster you replied to did say that the newswire services also use other organizations as their news source, but they don’t.
Generally speaking, as there are one-offs, the newswire services employees are the ‘boots on the ground’ gathering the news to put into their feed.
Now, a subscriber to the newswire service can add their own opinion and content if they wish, that could skew the original newswire news content.
But newswires don’t get news from other newswire or other companies that subscribe to newswires, they generate the news from their own employees and contractors.
If you want as close to the truth news get it from a newswire.
yeah, that’s what I used to think about those three.
I thought maybe I was wrong lol. now I gotta read about it before anyone says another thing now lol.
thanks for the explanation mate, much appreciated!