The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association is a
trade group
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. An industry trade association partic ...
serving newspapers in Pennsylvania.
The PNA seeks to "advance the business interests of Pennsylvania news media companies" and protect the "free and independent press."
It represents Pennsylvania newsmedia interests in the legislature, provides public educational services, and acts as an information clearinghouse.
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Background
It was founded in 1925 as the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association (PNPA) by John L. Stewart, the publisher of two newspapers in Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania. A part of the Greater Pittsburgh area in the southwestern part of the state, the city is home to Washington & Jefferson College and Pony League baseball. The populat ...
.[Text on the John L. Stewart Tower at the former McIlvane Hall at ]Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries t ...
The name was changed to Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA) in the late 1990s to deemphasize the association's relationship with publishing management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includ ...
.[ In November 2012, the name was changed to the present Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (NPA), "to better represent our membership and reflect the media companies that many of our members have already become."][ It is affiliated with the ]National Newspaper Association
The National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a Pensacola, FL based non-profit newspaper trade association founded in 1885. The organization has over 2,300 members, making it the largest newspaper trade association in the United States. The organiza ...
(NNA) and the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).
The organizational structure is threefold, with two other entities complementing the association itself. The ''PNA Foundation'', an independent, non-profit corporation organized as a public foundation, provides PNA members with a wide range of low-cost and innovative training opportunities, typically offering as many as 40 seminars per year and training nearly 800 newspaper staffers in Harrisburg and around the state. ''Mid-Atlantic Newspaper Services, Inc''. (MANSI), the PNA's wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary, sells classified and display advertising into PNA-member newspapers.[
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Public advocacy
PNA is involved in promoting access to public records in Pennsylvania. The PNA helped advocate for recent changes to Pennsylvania's Freedom of information legislation
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfa ...
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Awards
PNA presents the " Keystone Press Awards" every year during the Keystone Awards Banquet. PNA bestows annual "Newspaper of the Year" awards, among other honors.Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions.
Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include:
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honors an individual who has "outstanding service and accomplishment spanning a career in journalism".
References
External links
Official website
''Headlines And Deadlines''
- PNA newsletter
Newspaper Association of America (NAA)
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Newspapers published in Pennsylvania
Lobbying organizations in the United States
Political advocacy groups in the United States
American journalism organizations
