Resource #8: Reuters news
Site Name: Reuters news
URL: http://de.reuters.com/
Owner: Thompson Reuters. Reuters Group Limited
Type of Resource: News agency
Description: This is the German Reuters news site, in German. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information.
Uses: German Teachers can get German and European news in German for use in class or to keep abreast of germanic culture and politics. Advanced students could use this site as a reading and information source. It has articles about Germany, foreign countries, dollar/euro exchange rate, and much more.
Usefulness: good.
Quality: The quality of this website is excellent.
Authorship: Reuters
Point of View or Bias: should be none or is disclosed: reporters have to show fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. This is what they report: "Thomson Reuters is dedicated to upholding the Trust Principles and to preserving its independence, integrity and freedom from bias in the gathering and dissemination of information and news."
Referral to Other Sources: commercial links
Verifiability: Reuters has received numerous awards. Very little controversy and criticism is found on them.
Currency: 2011.
Accessibility: WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) reports 5 accessibility errors.
URL: http://de.reuters.com/
Owner: Thompson Reuters. Reuters Group Limited
Type of Resource: News agency
Description: This is the German Reuters news site, in German. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information.
Uses: German Teachers can get German and European news in German for use in class or to keep abreast of germanic culture and politics. Advanced students could use this site as a reading and information source. It has articles about Germany, foreign countries, dollar/euro exchange rate, and much more.
Usefulness: good.
Quality: The quality of this website is excellent.
Authorship: Reuters
Point of View or Bias: should be none or is disclosed: reporters have to show fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. This is what they report: "Thomson Reuters is dedicated to upholding the Trust Principles and to preserving its independence, integrity and freedom from bias in the gathering and dissemination of information and news."
Referral to Other Sources: commercial links
Verifiability: Reuters has received numerous awards. Very little controversy and criticism is found on them.
Currency: 2011.
Accessibility: WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) reports 5 accessibility errors.