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Reuters175 | 2001: Six Reuters staff, Anil Bharvaney, Alex Braginsky, Geoff Campbell, Doug Gurian, Chris Hanley and Steve Tompsett, died in the September 11 attacks. Reuters covered the unfolding tragedy from newsrooms across Washington and New York. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 2000: An eyewitness photographed the Air France Concorde seconds before it crashed in Gonesse, France. Reuters secured the exclusive image, an early predecessor to user-generated content. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1999: Reuters and Dow Jones launched Factiva, combining 7,000+ international business news and information sources in 20 languages. The 50/50 venture brought nearly one million subscribers access to fast, accurate global business intelligence. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1998: At the World Cup, Reuters revolutionized sports photography with wireless technology. Photographers sent digital images from laptops to Paris, cutting time from 20+ minutes to 7-8. 50 million saw Reuters pictures in their daily papers. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1997: Reuters Beijing beat the world with exclusive news of Deng Xiaoping's death. Through years of careful source-building, Bureau Chief Jane Macartney's team filed the story on 19 February. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1996: Reuters redesigned its logo and launched hubs.ly/Q04yHDv80. The updated branding reflected the company's evolution from news agency to information business, introducing new core values: accuracy, speed, bias-free reporting, and innovation. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1995: Ten years after acquiring UPI's picture service, Reuters transformed image transmission. From 10 minutes per black-and-white photo to full-colour in under 30 seconds. Digital networks and satphones made global newsgathering instant. #Reuters175
Student protests erupted across Paris last week, with demonstrations spanning multiple days and locations throughout the city. As the scale of events became clear, street-level coverage became essential to understanding what was unfolding.
Explore this coverage alongside our reporting on the quarantine in Siberia and continued coverage of the war in Ukraine: reutersagency.com/editorial-…
Reuters175 | 1994: Three weeks after his inauguration, Nelson Mandela gave his first international interview to Reuters on June 2. With 495 TV stations in 95 countries, Reuters was chosen for its vast global reach. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1993: On January 1, Reuters completed its rebranding of Visnews Ltd to Reuters Television Ltd. The merger integrated Visnews' 34 bureaux with Reuters' 118 worldwide, creating the world's leading television news agency. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1991: Reuters deployed JASPER, an AI system that turned corporate press releases into Reuters-style news stories in seconds, achieving 95% accuracy. The goal: free journalists from routine work for deeper reporting. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1990: In Monrovia, photo-stringer Jean-Marie de Craene captured "the moment of impact", an enduring image of Liberia's civil war. Reuters journalists faced detention and violence to bear witness. Their commitment ensured the world saw the truth. #Reuters175
Reuters175 | 1989: When the Berlin Wall fell on 7 November, Reuters was first, a 10-minute beat on international rivals, a 9-minute lead on the East German agency. Thirty years of presence in East Berlin made the difference. #Reuters175
We are proud to announce that Reuters journalists Aditya Kalra, Munsif Vengattil, and Arpan Chaturvedi have been awarded the 2026 SAJA Award for "India vs Big Tech: How Modi's government squared off with the world's tech giants over control of devices, data and speech."
Reuters175 | 1988: Reuters deployed a mobile "flying circus" to cover the US campaign trail, securing historic podium passes at the conventions. With just 14 reporters in Atlanta, Reuters delivered real-time breaking news from the road. #Reuters175
