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Reuters was founded by Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born British baron, and established in London in 1851. Reuter first developed a prototype news service in Aachen in 1850 using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy before moving to London and setting up at the Royal Exchange.
Reuters is wholly owned by Thomson Reuters, a multinational information conglomerate headquartered in Toronto. The Canadian Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters Group plc in 2008, forming Thomson Reuters.
Reuters has won 13 Pulitzer Prizes, all since 2008. The prizes span categories including Breaking News Photography, International Reporting, National Reporting, and Investigative Reporting, with the most recent awarded in 2025 for the "Fentanyl Express" investigation.
Reuters follows a value-neutral editorial policy that distinguishes between referring to terrorism as a general concept and labelling specific events or groups. The agency states it does not apply the term to specific individuals, groups, or events without attribution, a policy that drew criticism after the September 11 attacks.
The Reuters Trust was formed in 1947 when ownership of Reuters was expanded to include associations representing daily newspapers in New Zealand and Australia. The Reuters Trust Principles were established to protect the company's editorial independence from any single owner or government.
Reuters employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists working in approximately 200 locations across 165 countries, writing in 16 languages.