Sources
Television news-related organisations are overwhelmed with unsolicited informationwhich pours in from members of the public and with every mail delivery. In some cases it provides the backbone for programme coverage, but for the rest, existence without resort to some consistent professional back-up is likely to be regarded as scarcely possible.
The agencies
Much of the raw material on which news programmes are based comes fresh from the national and international wire services. The Press Association (PA) Reuters, the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI), Agence France Press (AFP) and others like them provide a valuable subscription service of reports which appear on the video screens in newsrooms all over the world. ...
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