Reuters

Reuters ( ) is a Canadian news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.

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Reuters is a major international news agency that gathers and distributes news from around the world through a large network of thousands of journalists and photographers working in nearly 200 locations across the globe. It matters because as one of the world's largest news agencies, Reuters provides news coverage in multiple languages to media outlets and the public worldwide.

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Company.name: Reuters
Company.logo: Reuters logo 2024.svg
Company.image: Exterior of 5 Canada Square.jpg
Company.image_caption: Reuters' editorial office at 5 Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London
Company.type: Division
Company.founder: Paul Julius Reuter
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.industry: News agency
Company.location: 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, England
Company.num_employees: 25,000
Company.owner: Thomson family

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Wikidata facts

Employees: 2500
Official website: cn.reuters.com
Image: Reuters-Building-30SC.JPG

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Commons category: Reuters
inception: 1851-10-01
social media followers: 3870000
native label: Reuters
shortened URL formatter: reut.rs/$1
floruit: 1996-06-01

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Contents

History
19th century
20th century
21st century
Journalists
Killed on assignment
Pulitzer Prizes
Controversies
Accusation of collaboration with the CIA
Policy of objective language
Climate change reporting
Photograph controversies
Indian man falsely accused of cybercrime
Fernando Henrique Cardoso interview
Funding by the UK Government
Partnership with TASS
Fossil fuel advertising
Allegations of journalism in India without authorization
Valerie Zink resignation
See also
Related to Reuters
Related to Thomson Reuters
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
External links

The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German baron Paul Reuter. The Thomson Corporation of Canada acquired the agency in a 2008 corporate merger, resulting in the formation of the Thomson Reuters Corporation.