National Newspaper Association

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]

National Newspaper Association
FoundedFebruary 19, 1885 (1885-02-19)
FounderBenjamin Briggs Herbert
TypeTrade association
Location
Area served
United States
Members
c. 2,300
Websitennaweb.org/index.php
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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]

References
  1. "About the NNA / Contacts". National Newspaper Association. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  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.
  5. Keane, Angela Greiling (December 7, 2011). "Postal Service Seeks to Slow U.S. Mail Delivery to Cut Costs". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  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. ISBN 9780837144955. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  9. Official proceedings of the annual convention. Vol. 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. Vol. 15–16. National Newspaper Association. 1900. p. 61. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  19. Official proceedings. Vol. 43–44. National Editorial Association. p. 39. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

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