Dispatch News Service International Records

Dispatch News Service International (DNSI), was formed as a writers' cooperative in Saigon in 1968 by Michael Morrow and other freelance writers with the intention to provide Westerners with a deeper understanding of the people, problems, and cultures of Asia. Dispatch was incorporated in 1968 in Manila, the Philippines. The Washington, D.C. office opened in 1969 and was managed by Richard A. Berliner. Dispatch's early focus was on news from Indochina, but later distributed stories from all of Southeast and East Asia and from Latin America.

Seymour Hersh, with DNSI as distributor, won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1970 for his story on the massacre at My Lai, Vietnam. Don Luce, an aid worker with International Voluntary Services and reporter for DNSI, broke the story of the "tiger cage" prison cells on Con Son island in Vietnam.

For financial reasons, DNSI suspended operations in March 1973.

Some of the people who worked for DNSI were:

Len Ackland, senior editor.

Susan Anderson, production and accounting.

Marcie Berman, editor.

Faith Berry, editor.

Fred Branfman, writer.

Crystal Eastin Erhart, Saigon Bureau Chief.

John Everingham, wirter.

Thomas C. (Tom) Fox, writer.

Joseph Gatins, editor.

Lorraine Gray, dark room manager.

Emerson Manawis, co-founder.

Desmond McAllister, writer.

Stephen Nichols, dark room manager.

Yvonne Pearson, editorial assistant, production manager, typist.

J. Lawrence (Larry) Robinson, Director of Educational and Promotional Programs, and business manager.

Donald E. Ronk, writer.

Jonathan Unger, writer, promoter in Washington office.