Pacific News Service (PNS) is a nonprofit media organization founded in 1969. It is an alternative news source. Although it does not declare itself as such, most would say it is liberal, if not radical. It was originally created to provide "news and analysis on the U.S. role in Vietnam."
A news agency is an organization journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters.
News agencies generally prepare articles that can be used by other news organizations with little or no modification, and then sell them to other news organizations.
News agencies are distinct from news syndicates that distribute comic strips and other editorial material, such as columns and features, and also from PR services that distribute press releases.