The North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) was an organization of
street newspapers that provided employment opportunities, community and a voice to
homeless and other economically vulnerable people who existed between 2007 and 2013. it had 28 members in the United States and Canada with a total monthly circulation of about 255,000 copies.
NASNA held an annual conference and run the ''
Street News Service
The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) is a Glasgow, Scotland, based trade organization founded in 1994 for over 100 street newspapers from 35 countries. INSP organises a yearly conference and provides technical assistance and a wire s ...
'' (SNS) together with
AlterNet
AlterNet is a left-leaning online news outlet. It was launched in 1997 by the Independent Media Institute. In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of '' Raw Story''.
Coverage
Coverage is divided into several special sections related to progr ...
to share articles.
History
The seed to start NASNA was planted in August 1996 at the first ''North American Street Newspaper Summit'' in Chicago, sponsored by papers
StreetWise and
Real Change
''Real Change'' is a weekly progressive street newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, USA written by professional staff and sold by self-employed vendors, many of whom are homeless. The paper provides them with an alternative to panhandling ...
as well as the
National Coalition for the Homeless
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
. It was formally founded in September 1997 when 37 street newspapers met at the second conference in Seattle.
In 2006 NASNA had 47 member newspapers.
In early 2009, the North American Street Newspaper Association hired an Executive Director for the first time. In December 2013 the association was dissolved as a volunteer structure was viewed as preferable to the existing corporate structure.
See also
*
International Network of Street Papers
The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) is a Glasgow, Scotland, based trade organization founded in 1994 for over 100 street newspapers from 35 countries. INSP organises a yearly conference and provides technical assistance and a wire ...
References
External links
North American Street Newspaper Association
Newspaper associations
Street newspaper organizations
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