In today's society, there are numerous news sources to choose from. There certainly are sources that are more popular and mainstream than others. For my EOTO, my assignment partner and I decided to do our research on wire service news outlets. They are fairly popular amongst readers and the general public.We focused on The Associated Press and Reuters.
The Associated Press was founded in the U.S. and Reuters was founded in Europe. These are two wire news services news publications that have been around for a long time and have progressed over time.
A wire service is a news agency that sends out a news copy to subscribers via wire or satellite transmission. There are many wire services that act as news agencies all around the world. Wire news sources usually have reliable, fact checked information and research. In our EOTO, we focused on two of the most popular -- The Associated Press and Reuters.
The Associated Press (AP) is a widely used news service in The United States. AP was initially founded in the year of 1846 between five different New York newspapers. AP experienced a huge expansion in 1900 when there were multiple mergers. When it comes to the world of journalism (specifically when it comes to grammar and format) The AP Stylebook is crucially important.
The first AP Stylebook was created in 1951, but the first public stylebook wasn't released until 1977. The stylebook is updated every two years, and it contains up-to-date grammar rules as well politically correct terms, words and phrases.
For example, AP style forbids the use of the Oxford comma (which I highly disagree with, by the way), which is a critical rule for journalists to follow. AP employs thousands of reporters which allows a wide spectrum of topics to be covered at once. 
Wire news services are important because many readers feel as if they are the most reliable, yet timely way to get news.
Reuters is also a widely used news service, but it is more popular across the pond. Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. Reuters was founded in 1851 in London and is extremely popular in Europe today.
Similar to AP, Reuters' writing style is simple and straight to the point. Reuters' headquarters was originally in London, but in 2015 and 2016, Reuters expanded into Canada, and they have a headquarters that currently resides there.
Reuters is special because it was one of the first news agencies to use computers to transmit data overseas in the 1960s. Also like AP, Reuters employs tons of reporters to be able to cover a lot of ground at one time.
Wire news services are important because many readers feel as if they are the most reliable, yet timely way to get news.
They are quick on news updates and often are first to release breaking news. They employ enough reporters to be able to get access to many different stories in different areas. Wire news sources tend to be more trusted and preferred by the public which is something that says a lot for a news source in today's world of misinformation.
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