National Newspaper Association

The National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a Pensacola, Florida–based non-profit newspaper trade association founded in 1885.^[2][3]

National Newspaper Association

Formation	1885
Founder	Benjamin Briggs Herbert
Type	Trade association
Focus	The mission of the National Newspaper Association is to protect, promote and enhance America's community newspapers.
Headquarters	Pensacola, Florida
Area served	United States
Executive Director	Lynne Lance
Website	https://www.nna.org/
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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][4][5] The NEA's constitution was ratified after a meeting in 1886 and Benjamin Briggs Herbert was elected president of the organization.^[6][7] In 1891, Edwin William Stephens became the sixth president of National Editorial Association after a discussion at the organization's seventh annual convention.^[7][8][9] The National Editorial Association changed its name to the National Newspaper Association after a Dallas, Texas, meeting in 1964.^[10]

Conventions

Since the organization's founding, the National Newspaper Association has held an annual news convention.^[11][12] At the conventions, newspaper editors meet and discuss various publishing related topics.^[13][14] An informal convention had taken place in New Orleans after the organization's founding.^[15] The organization's first formal convention took place on February 23, 1886, in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[16][17]

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. Haskin, Frederic J. (May 25, 1935). "Questions of Readers Answered". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
5. "Editorial Association Elects Massachusetts Publisher". The New York Times. June 28, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
6. Edwin Emery (November 1970). History of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Greenwood Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780837144955. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
7. Official proceedings of the annual convention. Vol. 24. National Newspaper Association. 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
8. "A Day of Conventions". The Baltimore Sun. July 15, 1891. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. "National Editorial Association in Boston". Manufacturers and Farmers Journal. June 26, 1890. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
12. "Asbury Park is Wide Awake". The New York Times. June 17, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
13. "How the Editors Feel: Members of the National Association Nearly All Favor Clevland". The New York Times. May 10, 1892. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
14. "Treats for the Editors: Plans for Entertaining the National Association". The New York Times. July 6, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
15. Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn (1909). History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. H.C. Cooper. p. 662. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
16. Official proceedings of the annual convention. Vol. 15–16. National Newspaper Association. 1900. p. 61. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
17. Official proceedings. Vol. 43–44. National Editorial Association. p. 39. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

Further reading

• "They Want a Book Trust". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 21, 1890. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
• Emery, Edwin (November 1970). History of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780837144955. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

External links

• Official website