The founding of Reuters
Forgive me if this is old news to some people (no pun intended), but I just came across the history of how the news organization Reuters came to be. In the mid 1800s, when news organizations used telegraph systems, there were gaps in coverage where no telegraph lines existed. So the founders of Reuters decided to employ the use of carrier pigeons to speed up the process, and the organization was born. As a journalism fanatic, I’m surprised I hadn’t heard this story before.
