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News agencies of pakistan
- 1. News Agencies ofPakistan News Writing And Reporting
- 2. Bs hons CommunicationsStudies 5th Semester Presented by: Sobia Tariq (522) Kainat Chaudary (523) Hajra (524) Mahroosh Mazhar (546) Rabia Abid (550) Iqra Amir (560) Presented to: Ma’am Sana Fatima
- 3. News Agency: A newsagency may also refer to as “wire service, news wire or news service”. It is aimed at distributing news for customers, generally media outlets and not to the public It can defined as: “A news agency is an organization that gathers news stories from a particular country or all over the world and supplies them to the subscribing news organizations.” All the MASS MEDIA depends upon the agencies for the bulk of the news.
- 4. History: • In 1835the world’s first French news agency HAVAS was established. It was followed by Associated press (AP) in 1846, WOLFF in Germany in 1849, TUWORA In Austria in 1850, and REUTERS in UK in1851. Very soon there was a national news agency in almost every European country. Generalist and specialist news agencies operating at international, regional, national, and sub- national levels have constituted a networked system of news gathering and news distribution for well over one hundred years
- 5. News Agencies inPakistan: Following are some of the news agencies of Pakistan: • Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) • Pakistan Press International (PPI) • News Network International (NNI) • Independent News Pakistan (INP)
- 6. Associated Press OfPakistan (APP) APP is a government operated national news agency of Pakistan
- 7. Associated Press OfPakistan Introduction: Headquartered at the Capital Islamabad, the Associated Press of Pakistan has bureaus at Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Gilgit. On a smaller scale it has Stations at Larkana, Muzaffarabad, Sargodha, Abbottabad, Sialkot, Bahawalpur and Sukkur. The whole news operation is monitored by a CENTRAL NEWS DESK (CND) located at the head office in Islamabad. The CND is connected with foreign new agencies, local and foreign newspapers, government entities, tv channels, radios via internet.
- 8. History: • The AssociatedPress of Pakistan started it’s life in 1947 with the independence of Pakistan. Initially it was run by a trust but was taken over by government through an ordinance called “ASSAOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN ORDINANCE 1961” on 5th June 1961. (Ayyub Khan’s ERA). • APP was later converted into corporation on October, 19, 2002 through an ordinance renaming it as Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation (APPC) and lending a status of Semi- Government media.
- 9. Management and Financing: •The agency is headed by a Director-General, appointed by Ministry. Also, it has a Managing Director (MD) appointed by the government. Staff: • The number of APP’s employees is estimated at between 800and 1000, of whom over 200 to 300are journalists and photographers while the rest is administration staff, including computer engineers, technicians, peons, data entry operators and finance staff. • There is a small number of “stringers” (part time correspondents) at various district head-quarters in Pakistan and aboard.
- 10. Services provided byAPP: 1. News Services • Official news • Political and other news • District news • Foreign news 2. Commercial Services 3. Photo Services 4. Urdu Services • Feature and write-up Services • Video Services
- 11. Organizational Structure: Managing Director NewsDirector Chief Bureau Assignment Editor Reporter Photo in-charge Accountant IT in-charge
- 12. Pakistan Press International(PPI) Pakistan Press International is a proud name of Pakistan news agency.
- 13. Introduction: • Pakistan pressinternational is the country’s leading independent news agency. The PPI is also recognized internationally and that is because the news on the website is not given against or in favor of any particular group or community. This helps us to maintain the international standards of journalism. The PPI is a trust worthy name for international media to get news from all sectors of Pakistan.
- 14. History: • Pakistan pressinternational was launched in June 1956. • It was started with the name Pakistan Press Association (PPA), in 1968 it was changed to Pakistan Press International. • The agency began it’s service by hand only in Karachi. Afterwards PPI built a network in smaller cities and town of Pakistan. For foreign news the PPI signed up with Agence France Press (AFP) in 1957. In 1958 it became the first Asian partner of Deutsche Press- Agenture (DPE). The same year it installed teleprinters in the offices of its clients. By 1960, PPI had centers in all the major newspapers centers of Pakistan, namely Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi
- 15. Staff • The estimatednumber of PPI’s staff is over 300. It has it’s reporters in almost all parts of the country. Services provided by PPI: 1. News Services 2. Urdu Services 3. Special coverage to rural areas 4. English Services 5. Photo and Video Services 6. Social Media Platform
- 16. News Network International(NNI) News network international is a private press agency of Pakistan.
- 17. Introduction: NNI is aprivate-operated national news agency of Pakistan. • Launched in News network international was launched or established in 1992. • Headquarter: Headquarter of news network international is in G-7 Islamabad. • Staff: It has hundreds of reports in Pakistan and other countries as well who provide authentic news from all around the world. It has a number of bureau chiefs as well.
- 18. • Services: English languagesnews services. Good photos and videos services. • Social media: The information of websites is present on both English Urdu languages. NNI has accounts on almost all social media sites. • Website: The official website of NNI is www.nni-news.com.pk
- 19. Independent news Pakistan(INP): Independent news Pakistan is a prominent private news agency of Pakistan.
- 20. Introduction • INP isPakistan’s third largest news agency • Independent news Pakistan is a registered news agency of Pakistan. • INP’s reports are widely covered by the national media. Launched in: Independent news Pakistan (INP) has been working since June 2003. Head-quarter: The main head-quarter of INP is in Islamabad.
- 21. Offices: It has officesin all the provincial capitals and in Muzaffarabad Gilgit Baltistan. Staff: Independent news Pakistan has hundreds of correspondents in all over the Pakistan and world.
- 22. Services provided byINP: 1. News services 2. English and Urdu news service 3. Quality photo service INP on social media platforms: It is also present on all social media platforms to help it’s users by providing them with fresh and authentic information and news. Website: Official website of independent news Pakistan is www.inp.net.pk
- 23. Conclusion: News agencies playimportant role in providing information to the public. These agencies provide news stories to the newspaper organizations, T.V channels, magazine etc. They not only provide news to news organizations but also provide it to public through social media platforms , there official websites and official accounts.