Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Not-for-profit news agency
Industry News media
Founded February 6, 1917 (1917-02-06)
Founder Jacob Landau
Headquarters New York City, USA
Key people
Ami Eden, Editor-in-Chief
Products Wire service[1]
Website www.jta.org

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service serving Jewish community newspapers and media around the world, with 88 subscriber outlets listed on its web site.[2]

History

The JTA was founded on February 6, 1917, by Jacob Landau as the Jewish Correspondence Bureau in The Hague with the mandate of collecting and disseminating news among and affecting the Jewish communities of the diaspora,[3][4][5][6] especially from the European war fronts.[7] In 1919, it moved to London, under its current name.[5][8][9]

In 1922, the JTA moved its headquarters to New York City.[5] By 1925, over 400 newspapers (Jewish and general) subscribed to the JTA. Its cable service improved the quality and range of Jewish periodicals.[7] Today, it has correspondents in Washington, DC, Jerusalem, Moscow and 30 other cities in North and South America, Israel, Europe, Africa and Australia. The JTA covers news of interest to the Jewish community, though it is also committed to journalistic detachment.[7]

The JTA is a not-for-profit corporation governed by an independent Board of Directors. It claims no allegiance to any specific branch of Judaism or political viewpoint. “We respect the many Jewish and Israel advocacy organizations out there, but JTA has a different mission — to provide readers and clients with balanced and dependable reporting,” wrote JTA editor-in-chief and CEO and publisher Ami Eden. He gave the example of the JTA's coverage of the Mavi Marmara activist ship.[2]

See also

References

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