Feature Story News

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Feature Story News (FSN) is an international broadcast news agency providing news coverage, live reports and news packages to television and radio stations around the world.

It claims to be the 'world's fastest growing broadcast news agency'.^[1]

FSN was founded in 1992 by former ITN reporter Simon Marks. It operates from headquarters^[2] at 1730 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington DC.

Bureaus^[3][]

FSN has bureaus around the world, most of which have a live TV studio as part of the setup.

North America[]

Washington DC, Manhattan (E 48th Street), United Nations Headquarters, San Francisco, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and Miami

Latin America[]

Caracas, Havana, Mexico City and San Salvador

Europe[]

Berlin, Brussels, London, Moscow and Paris

Africa[]

Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dar es Salam, Juba, Kampala, and Kinshasa

Asia[]

Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tokyo and Seoul

Television clients[]

Television clients of FSN include:^[4]

PBS NewsHour (USA), Channel 4 News (UK), Good Morning Britain (UK), ITN News (UK), Channel News Asia (Singapore), TV3 (New Zealand), Fox News Channel (USA), CGTN (China), WION (TV channel) and Al Jazeera.

Radio news bulletins[]

FSN generates numerous radio bulletins throughout the day which are made available to paying clients. At weekends, a Week In Review bulletin is produced.

Bulletins are 30 seconds, 3 minutes or 5 minutes long and are distributed along with news cuts and packages via FTP.

Radio clients[]

A number of broadcasters use FSN correspondents and reports as part of their own news output.

Simon Marks is Washington correspondent for London radio station LBC 97.3 and other broadcasters utilising FSN include Vatican Radio, DW Radio, RTÉ, SABC, Radio New Zealand and Radio France International

The AIR News radio news agency uses FSN audio and broadcasts FSN bulletins during overnight hours.

References[]

External links[]

• Feature Story News
• Simon Marks