The Inter American Press Association (IAPA; Spanish: ''Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa'', SIP) is a press

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representing major media organizations in

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and the

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. It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida. Every year it issues its IAPA/SIP Excellence in Journalism Awards in the fields of cartoon, online news coverage, news coverage, coverage on mobile phones, features, human rights and community service, photography, infographics, opinion, data journalism, in-depth journalism and press freedom. IAPA has two autonomous affiliates – the IAPA Press Institute, which offers Latin American members advice on technical publishing matters and politics and the IAPA Scholarship Fund, which provides funds for educational activities. IAPA is a member of the

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, a global network of more than 70 non-governmental organisations that monitors press freedom and

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violations worldwide. It has been criticized by many Latin American journalists' trade unions, who claim that it only represents the owners of the large media corporations, that it does not seem to defend journalists themselves, and that it is closely related to right-wing parties.

History

IAPA was conceived at the first Pan American Congress of Journalists in 1926, with a Permanent Commission established in 1942 after the second Congress. IAPA was founded in 1943, and in 1950 became an organisation fully independent of the region's governments. In 1954 it reached a record membership of 373, with the approval of 10 new member organizations. In 1977 it was reported by

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that IAPA was funded by the

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. In 2000 the IAPA inaugurated a new headquarters building, which it named after

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, who was Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for 15 years (1950-1965).

Presidents

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, (Uruguay, 1951 - 1952) * John S. Knight, (US, 1952 - 1953) *

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, (US, 1961 - 1962) *

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, (US, 1965 - 1966) * Lee Hills, (US, 1967 - 1968) *

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, (Chile, 1968 - 1969) *

James S. Copley James Strohn Copley (August 12, 1916 – October 6, 1973) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He published the ''San Diego Union'' and the ''San Diego Evening Tribune'', both later merged into ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' ...

(US, 1969 - 1970) * M. F do Nascimento Brito, (Brazil, 1970 - 1971) *

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, (US, 1971 - 1973) *

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, (Brazil, 1974 - 1975) *

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(Puerto Rico, 1977 - 1978) * Charles E. Scripps, (US, 1981 - 1982) * James B. McClatchy (US, 1991 - 1992) * Manuel J. Jiménez (Costa Rica, 1988 - 1989) *

Danilo Arbilla Danilo Arbilla (born 1943 in Casupá) is a Uruguayan journalist and entrepreneur. He was a former President of the Inter American Press Association who had shared the 1992 Maria Moors Cabot prize The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest interna ...

(Uruguay, 2000 - 2001) *

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, (US, 2001 - 2002) *

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, (Mexico, 2002 - 2003) *

Jack Fuller Jack William Fuller (October 21, 1946 – June 21, 2016)Biography at th was an American journalist who spent nearly forty years working in newspapers and was the author of seven novels and two books on journalism. Biography Fuller was born in Ch ...

, (US, 2003 - 2004) *

Alejandro Miró Quesada Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

, (Peru, 2004 - 2005) *

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, (US, 2005) *

Diana Daniels Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) ...

, (US, 2005 - 2006) *

Rafael Molina Morillo Dr. Rafael Molina Morillo (30 March 1930 – 2 April 2017) was a lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and newspaper editor from the Dominican Republic. He created Ahora! Publications which published El Nacional (Santo Domingo), El Nacional newspaper and ...

, (Dominican Republic, 2006 - 2007) *

Earl Maucker Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Old Norse, Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "Germanic ch ...

(US, 2007 - 2008) * Andrés García Lavín (Mexico, no dates given) *

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* Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguatio ...

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(US, 2011–Present)

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