# STT News Agency

> STT News Agency is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Finland. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** stt.fi
- **Website:** https://www.stt.fi
- **Country:** Finland
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** Finnish and Swedish
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 1887

## About

STT is the neutral wire at the center of Finnish journalism: the agency whose copy appears in every outlet and whose framing shapes national coverage before editors have a chance to add their own. Wire-service brevity and strict factual neutrality are its editorial standards, calibrated for clients with sharply different political profiles. The outlet nobody reads directly is the one that structures what almost everyone reads.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Owned collectively by Finnish media companies (cooperative ownership structure)
- **Funding:** Subscription fees from Finnish media clients; agency model with no advertising
- **Focus areas:** National news wire service, politics, economics, sports, international news for Finnish media clients; Finland's national news agency


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-03-18. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.5. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 6 (4 themes).

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