Mississippi Press Association

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Mississippi Press Association
Formation1866;159 years ago (1866)
Headquarters Jackson, Mississippi
President
George Turner
Vice President
Peter Imes
Subsidiaries Mississippi Press Services
Website https://www.mspress.org/

The Mississippi Press Association(MPA) is a trade association located in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi, which represents newspapers and newsrooms from Mississippi. It was founded in 1866 and is the sixth-oldest press association in the U.S.

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History

The Mississippi Press Association's first meeting was held in the statehouse in Jackson, Mississippi. Mississippi State House.jpg
The Mississippi Press Association's first meeting was held in the statehouse in Jackson, Mississippi.

The Mississippi President Association was founded in 1866, holding its first meeting in May in the statehouse in Jackson, Mississippi. [1] [2] The founders were J. L. Power, P. K. Mayers, J. S. Hamilton, A. J. Frantz, J. J. Shannon, J. M. Partridge, B. W. Kinsley, F. T. Cooper, and E. M. Yeger. [2] It is the sixth-oldest press association in the U.S. [3] It celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2016. [4] The association's first bylaws were chartered in 1980. [5]

The for-profit business subsidary, Mississippi Press Services, was founded in 1978. [1] It handles advertising buys for newspapers. [3]

Organization structure

The organization is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. [1] 93 newspapers across Mississippi are full members, [6] six newspapers are affiliate members, and six organizations are digital affiliates. [7] Full membership requires weekly printing that must be bought. [8] [5] Affiliates do not meet the full criteria for membership but still receive some association benefits. [9]

The association provides scholarships to journalism students in Mississippi institutions and grants to journalism programs through a foundation established in 1983. [1] [10] It also hosts conferences and conventions, offers a legal hotline, a job bank for professional employment, a lending library, and newspaper awards. [3]

Leadership

The current president is George Turner of the Greene County Herald , and the current vice president is Peter Imes of The Commerical Dispatch. [11]

The first president was J.L. Shannon of The Clarion . [12] Erle Johnston of The Scott County Times was elected in 1949 as the youngest president ever of the association. [13] In the 1890s, Kate Markham Power was the first woman to appear before the association. [14] [15] In 1977, Marie Harris Luke of the Daily Times Leader was the first woman elected to the board of governors and in 1980, the first woman elected president. [16] [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About the Association". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. pp. 258–259.
  3. 1 2 3 Northway, Wally (February 28, 2000). "Mississippi Press Association builds on 166-year history". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal . Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ "MPA to mark sesquicentennial in 2016". The Clarion-Ledger . August 1, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "MPA Bylaws". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Newspapers by City". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Affiliate Members". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Stauffer, Todd (September 19, 2012). "Celebrating 10 Years". Mississippi Free Press. Retrieved January 11, 2025. Unfortunately, the Mississippi Press Association won't let us in as full members because we don't require people to pay for copies of the paper.
  9. ↑ "Membership in MPA". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Mississippi Press Foundation". Mississippi Press Association. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  11. ↑ "2024-2025 Board of Directors" (PDF). Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ "MPA Past Presidents". Mississippi Press Association. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Erle E. Johnston, Jr., Papers". The University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Kate Markham Power Papers (Z/1367)". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Kate Power's Review (Jackson, Miss.) 1894-1???". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  16. ↑ "MPA Elects New Officers". Laurel Leader Call . June 25, 1980. p. 3. Marie Harris Luke, editor of the Daily Times Leader, West Point, was the first woman elected as president of the 114 year old association.
  17. ↑ "Phillips elected 1977 president of Mississippi Press Association". Biloxi Sun Herald . July 17, 1977. p. 2. The association also elected a woman to its board of governors for what is believed to be a first in MPA history. She is Marie Harris Luke...
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