National Newspaper Association

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National Newspaper Association
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FoundedFebruary 19, 1885 (1885-02-19)
Founder Benjamin Briggs Herbert
Type Trade association
Location
Area served
United States
Members
c. 2,300
Website nnaweb.org/index.php
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The National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a Pensacola, FL based non-profit newspaper trade association founded in 1885. [2] [3] The organization has over 2,300 members, making it the largest newspaper trade association in the United States. [4] The organization has two major offices, one in Columbia, Missouri, and the other in Falls Church, Virginia. [5]

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History

The National Newspaper Association was founded by Benjamin Briggs Herbert on February 19, 1885, as the National Editorial Association (NEA) in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] [6] [7] The NEA's constitution was ratified after a meeting in 1886 and Benjamin Briggs Herbert was elected president of the organization. [8] [9] In 1891, Edwin William Stephens became the sixth president of National Editorial Association after a discussion at the organization's seventh annual convention. [9] [10] [11] The National Editorial Association changed its name to the National Newspaper Association after a Dallas, Texas meeting in 1964. [12]

Conventions

Since the organization's founding, the National Newspaper Association has held an annual news convention. [13] [14] At the conventions, newspaper editors meet and discuss various publishing related topics. [15] [16] An informal convention had taken place in New Orleans after the organization's founding. [17] The organization's first formal convention took place on February 23, 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio. [18] [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Alabama publisher to head National Newspaper Association". The Montgomery Independent . September 29, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jones, Charisse (February 7, 2008). "Some public notices find home on Web". USA Today . Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Publisher Reppert now president of NNA". The Southeast Missourian . October 3, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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  6. ↑ Haskin, Frederic J. (May 25, 1935). "Questions of Readers Answered". The Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Association Elects Massachusetts Publisher". The New York Times . June 28, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ Edwin Emery (November 1970). History of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Greenwood Press. p. 18. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  9. 1 2 Official proceedings of the annual convention. 24. National Newspaper Association. 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  10. ↑ "A Day of Conventions". The Baltimore Sun . July 15, 1891. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  11. ↑ Betty Houchin Winfield (September 3, 2008). Journalism, 1908: Birth of a Profession. University of Missouri Press. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-8262-1811-7 . Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  12. ↑ Karolevitz, Robert F. (1985). From quill to computer: The story of America's community newspapers: Commemorating the centennial of the National Newspaper Association. Pine Hill Press. p. 168. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ "National Editorial Association in Boston". Manufacturers and Farmers Journal . June 26, 1890. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Asbury Park is Wide Awake". The New York Times . June 17, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  15. ↑ "How the Editors Feel: Members of the National Association Nearly All Favor Clevland". The New York Times . May 10, 1892. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Treats for the Editors: Plans for Entertaining the National Association". The New York Times . July 6, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  17. ↑ Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn (1909). History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. H.C. Cooper. p.  662 . Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  18. ↑ Official proceedings of the annual convention. 15–16. National Newspaper Association. 1900. p. 61. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  19. ↑ Official proceedings. 43–44. National Editorial Association. p. 39. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

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