Pacific News Service

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Pacific News Service (PNS) is a nonprofit media organization founded in 1969 by Franz Schurmann, the historian, and Orville Schell, a noted author, journalist and Dean of the Graduate School. [1]. It is an alternative news source.

Its original mission was to supply "mainstream" newspapers with an independent expert source and reporting on the United States role in Indochina during the Vietnam War.

In 1974 after the war ended, PNS changed its objective from covering the Far East to the United States, especially California, under the guidance of Executive Editor Sandy Close.

PNS operates a news wire service, produces documentary films and television shows, and publishes Youth Outlook, a monthly newmagazine by and about young people.

It is known for running stories written by or about those on the margins of society and thus, has been alternately accused of being too far left and too far to the right. Sandy Close, the organization's executive director, identifies as socially conservative and politically radical. In 1995 she was recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award for her work in giving "voice to the voiceless" through Pacific News Service.

Currently, PNS also serves as a clearinghouse for news and feature stories from and in America's ethnic media.

Some noted contributors include:

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  1. ^ "Pacific News Service History" - PNS website

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