United Press International

==Notable alumni==
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While much of normal news agency work is little publicized, many UP/UPI news staffers have gained fame, either while with the agency or in later careers. They include journalists, news executives, novelists and high government officials.

Among them:

* [[James Atherton (photographer)|James Atherton]], veteran news photographer who caught iconic moments through a lens in Washington D.C. for over forty years
* [[Rod Beaton (news executive)|Rod Beaton]], president and chief executive officer of United Press International from 1972 to 1982<ref>{{cite news|title=Former UPI president, Rod Beaton dies |date=July 6, 2002 |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/07/06/Former-UPI-presidentRod-Beaton-dies/73091025985996/|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231001232/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/07/06/Former-UPI-presidentRod-Beaton-dies/73091025985996/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roderick Beaton, 79, Former U.P.I. Leader|agency=Associated Press|date=July 14, 2002|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/14/us/roderick-beaton-79-former-upi-leader.html|page=33|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111005940/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/14/us/roderick-beaton-79-former-upi-leader.html|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=Rod Beaton|agency=Associated Press|date=July 9, 2002|newspaper=[[Asbury Park Press]] |page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91504203/rod-beaton-2002/|access-date=January 15, 2022|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231025737/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91504203/rod-beaton-2002/|url-status=live}}{{free access}}</ref>
*[[David Belnap]], UPI Latin American Bureau Chief and later Foreign Desk Editor for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
*[[Jack Berry (journalist)|Jack Berry]], UPI correspondent in [[Lansing, Michigan]] from 1956 to 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegolfwire.com/113375-2/|title=Veteran Detroit-Area Sportswriter Jack Berry Named Recipient of PGA Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award - The Golf Wire|date=February 15, 2007|website=The Golf Wire|access-date=January 1, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229203025/https://thegolfwire.com/113375-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Arnaud de Borchgrave]], veteran foreign correspondent and UPI executive
*[[Myram Borders]], longtime Las Vegas bureau manager who broke the story of [[Elvis Presley]]'s marriage
*[[David Brinkley]], co-anchor of NBC's ''[[Huntley-Brinkley Report]]'' and anchor of ABC's [[This Week (ABC TV series)|''This Week'']]
*[[Lucien Carr]], contemporary of [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Jack Kerouac]] in the [[Beat Generation]] movement
*[[Marquis Childs]] (1903–1990), later "Washington Calling" columnist
*[[Raymond Clapper]], originator of the term "[[smoke-filled room]]"<ref name="deadline"/>
*[[Richard Cohen (columnist)|Richard Cohen]], ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' [[columnist]]
*[[Charles Collingwood (journalist)|Charles Collingwood]], CBS News anchor, host of ''[[A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy]]''
*[[Gail Collins]], ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' [[columnist]]
*[[Marie Colvin]], long-time war correspondent for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''
*[[Bob Considine]], author of ''[[Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo]]'' and ABC and CBS radio anchor
*[[Kent Cooper]], who later became the longtime GM of rival [[Associated Press]]
*[[Walter Cronkite]], long-time anchor of the ''[[CBS Evening News]]''
*[[Bill Downs]], CBS and ABC reporter, first to deliver a live broadcast from Normandy after [[D-Day]]
*[[Allen Drury]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist
*[[Stephen Early]], [[White House Press Secretary]] for Franklin D. Roosevelt
*[[Marc S. Ellenbogen]], President, [[Prague Society for International Cooperation|The Prague Society for International Cooperation]]; Chair, Global Panel Foundation
*[[Oscar Fraley]], ''[[The Untouchables (1957 book)|Untouchables]]'' co-author
*[[Thomas Friedman]], Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' [[columnist]]
*[[Joseph L. Galloway]], military author
*[[Martha Gellhorn]], legendary war correspondent
*[[Carmen Gentile]], award-winning journalist, author and founder of Postindustrial Media
*[[Henry Tilton Gorrell]], filed first report on D-Day
*[[Richard Helms]], onetime CIA Director, who interviewed [[Adolf Hitler]] for United Press during the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]]<ref>{{cite news |title=How a letter on Hitler's stationery, written to a boy in Jersey, reached the CIA |first=Ian |last=Shapira |date=October 25, 2011  |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-a-letter-on-hitlers-stationery-written-to-a-boy-in-jersey-reached-the-cia/2011/10/25/gIQAeQAaaM_print.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218065447/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-a-letter-on-hitlers-stationery-written-to-a-boy-in-jersey-reached-the-cia/2011/10/25/gIQAeQAaaM_print.html |archive-date=February 18, 2012 | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
*[[Seymour Hersh]], Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'', the AP and ''[[The New Yorker]]''
*[[Don Hewitt]], ''[[60 Minutes]]'' creator and producer; worked for UP Newspictures predecessor Acme Newsphotos<ref name="rip"/><ref name="newspictures"/>
*[[Tony Hillerman]], novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/16/books/tony-hillerman-s-cross-cultural-mystery-novels.html|title=TONY HILLERMAN'S CROSS-CULTURAL MYSTERY NOVELS|date=August 16, 1988|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011072144/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/16/books/tony-hillerman-s-cross-cultural-mystery-novels.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Les Hinton]], ex-[[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]] CEO
*[[Richard C. Hottelet]], [[CBS News]] United Nations correspondent, last-surviving of the [[Murrow Boys]]
*[[Brit Hume]], ABC News White House Correspondent and Fox News anchor
*[[David Hume Kennerly]], 1970s [[White House]] photographer
*[[Edward M. Korry]], U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Chile
*[[Brian Lamb]], [[C-SPAN]] founder
*[[Larry LeSueur]], CBS News and [[Voice of America]] White House Correspondent, two-time Peabody Award winner
*[[Elmer Lower]], early [[ABC News]] president<ref>{{cite news |title=Elmer Lower, Former President of ABC News, Dies at 98 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/business/media/elmer-w-lower-dies-at-98-led-abc-news.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 1, 2011 |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024154518/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/business/media/elmer-w-lower-dies-at-98-led-abc-news.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Eugene Lyons]], former UP correspondent to Moscow, first Western journalist to interview [[Joseph Stalin]]
*[[Jim McGlincy]], reporter for the ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[New York Daily News]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'' and [[CBS News]]
*[[Laurence Meredith]], UPI international correspondent, UPI Portugal Manager, [[Royal Air Force]] veteran. 
*[[Knowlton Nash]], Canadian journalist, senior anchor of [[CBC Television]]'s flagship news program, ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]''
*[[Ron Nessen]], [[White House Press Secretary]] for Gerald Ford<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1974/12/15/page/H25/article/ron-nessen-inside-looking-out|title=Ron Nessen: inside, looking out (December 15, 1974)}}</ref>
*[[Edwin Newman]], CBS and NBC anchor, moderator of 1976 and 1984 presidential debates
*[[Keith Olbermann]], correspondent and host for [[CNN]], [[ESPN]], [[MSNBC]], [[Current TV]], and [[GQ magazine|''GQ'' magazine]]
*[[Eugene Patterson]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning newspaper editor and columnist
*[[Marjorie Paxson]], influential women's page editor
*[[Doc Quigg]], journalist
*[[George Reedy]], [[White House Press Secretary]] for Lyndon Johnson
*[[Harrison Salisbury]], Pulitzer-Prize winner, creator of ''[[The New York Times]]'' op-ed page
*[[Reese Schonfeld]], co-founder of [[CNN]]
*[[Robert J. Serling]], novelist and brother of [[Rod Serling]]
*[[Eric Sevareid]], CBS News reporter, three-time [[Peabody Award]] winner
*[[Neil Sheehan]], reporter who broke the [[Pentagon Papers]] story for ''[[The New York Times]]''
*[[Lewis Shollenberger]], CBS News reporter, ABC News, Director of [[Radio Liberty]]
*[[Daniel Silva (novelist)|Daniel Silva]], novelist and former CNN producer
*[[H. Allen Smith]], best-selling author
*[[Howard K. Smith]], [[ABC World News Tonight|''ABC Evening News'']] anchor
*[[Stan Stearns]], photographer, known for picture of [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]] saluting his father's casket
*[[Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II]], Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]''
*[[Helen Thomas]], UPI reporter from 1943 until 2000 - UPI White House Correspondent from 1961 until 2000
*[[Stanley Tretick]], founding photographer, [[People (magazine)|''People'']] magazine
*[[Hubert van Es]], Saigon evacuation photographer
*[[Kate Webb]], war correspondent, first to reach Saigon during [[Tet Offensive]]
*[[Wee Kim Wee]], 4th [[President of Singapore]]
*[[Weegee]], ''Naked City'' photographer
*[[Paul White (journalist)|Paul White]], the founding director of [[CBS News]]
*[[Steve Wilstein]], who later broke the [[Anabolic steroid|steroids]] scandals in baseball for the AP

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten [[Pulitzer Prize]]s:
*Russell Jones (International Reporting, 1957)
*Andrew Lopez (News Photography, 1960)
*[[Yasushi Nagao]] (News Photography, 1961)
*[[Merriman Smith]] (National Reporting, 1964)
*[[Kyoichi Sawada]] (News Photography, 1966)
*[[Toshio Sakai]] (Feature Photography, 1968)
*[[Lucinda Franks]] and [[Thomas Powers]] (National Reporting, 1971)
*[[David Hume Kennerly]] (Feature Photography, 1972)
*John H. Blair (Spot News Photography, 1978)
*[[Jahangir Razmi]], (Spot News Photography, 1980)<ref name=pulitzer/>