Since they have no salary, stringers usually produce material for several different companies at once. News agencies A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service. The bulk of major news agency services contains foreign news. The major news agencies generally prepare hard news stories and feature articles that can be used by other news organizations with little or no modification, and then sell them to other news organizations. They provide these articles in bulk electronically through wire services (originally they used telegraphy; today they frequently use the Internet). Corporations, individuals, analysts and intelligence agencies may also subscribe. See also World News (disambiguation) Global news flow Further reading Clausen, L. (2003) Global news production. Copenhagen Business School Press DK Desmond, R.W. (1972) The press and world affairs. Arno Press Friedland, L.A. (1992) Covering the world: international television news services: essay. Twentieth Century Fund. Ginneken, J. (1998) Understanding global news: a critical introduction. SAGE Hachten, W.A.; Scotton, J.F. (2002) The world news prism: global media in an era of terrorism. Iowa State Press Malek, A.; Kavoori, A.P. (2000) The global dynamics of news: studies in international news coverage and news agenda. Greenwood Paterson, C.; Sreberny, A., ed. (2004) International news in the 21st century. John Libbey Pub. for University of Luton Press Richstad, J.; Anderson, M.H. (1981) Crisis in international news: policies and prospects. Columbia University Press Stanton, R. (2007) All news is local: the failure of the media to reflect world events in a globalized age. McFarland & Co. Stevenson, R.L.; Shaw, D.L. (1984) Foreign news and the new world information order. Iowa State University Press Wallis, R.; Baran, S.J. (1990) The known world of broadcast news: international news and the electronic media. Routledge Journalism by field World News