United Press International

United Press International is a U.S. news agency that gathers and distributes news. Founded in 1907 as the United Press Associations, it competed with larger wire services by selling reports to multiple publishers.

Edward Willis Scripps: Edward Willis Scripps was an American newspaper publisher who built a national chain of newspapers. His newspaper organization established United Press Associations in 1907.
News agency: A news agency gathers, verifies, and distributes reporting to media organizations and other subscribers. UPI operates within this broader model of supplying news to publishers.
Helen Thomas: Helen Thomas was an American journalist who covered the White House for United Press International and later other outlets. Her decades of UPI reporting made her one of the agency’s best-known correspondents.
1960 United States presidential election: The 1960 United States presidential election was a contest between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. UPI’s mistaken early call of Kennedy’s victory became a prominent case in its election reporting history.
Reuters: Reuters is an international news agency founded in London in 1851 and now part of Thomson Reuters. Its global reach and financial-news strength provide a contrast with UPI’s American roots.
United Press Associations: United Press Associations was the news agency founded in 1907 that later became United Press International. This was the agency’s original name before its 1958 merger.
Telegraphy: Telegraphy transmits messages over distance using electrical signals or other coded systems. Telegraph networks made fast, long-distance distribution of UPI dispatches possible.
Merriman Smith: Merriman Smith was a United Press correspondent who covered the U.S. presidency for decades. His fast reporting of John F. Kennedy’s assassination won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting: The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting recognizes distinguished reporting on national affairs in the United States. UPI correspondents won recognition for reporting produced under the agency’s name.
Agence France-Presse: Agence France-Presse is a French international news agency founded in 1944. AFP is a major non-U.S. wire service with a different national and institutional history.

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