Tunis Afrique Presse Explained

Tunis Afrique Presse
Location City:Tunis
Location Country:Tunisia
Key People:Kamel Ben Younes (CEO)
Industry:News media
Products:Wire service
Num Employees:300
Homepage:tap.info.tn

Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) (Arabic: وكالة تونس إفريقيا للأنباء) is a Tunisian news agency.

History and profile

The agency, based in Tunis,[1] was founded on 1 January 1961.[2] [3] [4] With a corps of 300 agents, including photographers, researchers and 220 journalists, and a network of correspondents covering all regions of the country, the agency reports on national news in Arabic, French, and English.[2]

For international news, the agency uses AFP, Reuters, and the Associated Press, as well as about forty national agencies. Globally, the agency produces an average of 250 dispatches each day. The agency also has a photography department, which produces around 20 images daily, and has an archive of more than 500,000 photos dating back to the 1930s.

General managers

Hédi Annabi was the general manager of agency between 1979 and 1981.[5] Néjib Ouerghi was appointed head of the agency on 12 May 2010, replacing Mohamed Missaoui in the post. He had previously spent his entire career at the daily La Presse de Tunisie, before becoming editor-in-chief of Le Renouveau until he joined TAP. Taieb Yousfi became the head of the agency on 7 January 2012.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tunisia. Press Reference. 26 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Tunisia - Media Landscape. Journalism Network. 26 January 2014. 17 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081017040018/http://www.journalismnetwork.eu/index.php/_en/country_profiles/tunisia/. dead.
  3. Web site: Republic of Tunisia. National Authority for the Reform of Information and Communication. 26 January 2014. 2012.
  4. Book: Edward Webb. Media in Egypt and Tunisia: From Control to Transition?. 4 October 2014. 11 April 2014. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-40996-6. 53.
  5. Web site: Hédi Annabi. United Nations Oral History. 26 January 2014. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175735/http://www.unmultimedia.org/oralhistory/2011/10/annabi-hedi/. dead.