In America, journalist are taught to us the Associated Press style book as a bible to their writing. The book illustrates proper techniques and rules to writing for the public.
The Dutch people have a similar agency that implements what it takes to properly report to the general public. This agency is called the Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (General Netherlands Press Bureau) also known as, ANP.
This Agency was started in 1934, and today provides information to a number of new papers, radio and t.v. programs, Internet sites, and even mobile applications with the goal of being fast, objective, trustworthy, and current.
This agency is located in the media capital city of the Netherlands known as The Hauge and also works with other agencies in different countries such as Germany, France, and Belgium.
And with the growing intrest in the Online world; the cost of services provided by news agencies like ANP will rise as they provide more and more editorial materials that are directly formatted for online use.
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