ANSA

ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata) is Italy's leading news agency, providing wire reporting to media organisations and the public. It supplies breaking news and coverage of politics, economics, and current affairs from Italy and abroad. Widely cited as a primary source by Italian media, it is a cooperative owned by major Italian publishers.

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ANSA at a glance

Country: Italy
Region: Southern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1945
Ownership: A cooperative owned by Italian newspaper publishers
Published from: Rome
Website: ansa.it ↗
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How Crosswire groups ANSA

Crosswire groups ANSA as Centrist for comparisons within Italy's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Italy, Il Fatto Quotidiano is listed as Left-leaning, while Il Giornale is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open ANSA beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where ANSA sits in Italy's press

ANSA was founded in 1945, is published from Rome and is a cooperative owned by Italian newspaper publishers. It is one of 10 outlets tracked in Italy and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, Italy ranks fourth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 6 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to ANSA outside Italy, starting with Southern Europe, are UNIAN (Ukraine), BelTA (Belarus) and TASS (Russia). Opening one of them beside ANSA is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.