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National Newspaper Association
Formation1885
FounderBenjamin Briggs Herbert
TypeTrade association
FocusThe mission of the National Newspaper Association is to protect, promote and enhance America's community newspapers.
HeadquartersPensacola, Florida
Area served
United States
Executive Director
Lynne Lance
Websitehttps://www.nna.org/
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The National Newspaper Association (NNA) is a Pensacola, Florida–based non-profit newspaper trade association founded in 1885.[2][3] A historical marker commemorates its history.[4] It published the National Printer - Journalist. Founder Benjamin Briggs Herbert was quoted as telling a newspaper editor seeking his guidance, "The most important single thing you can do to make your paper successful is to help your community."[4]

History

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The National Newspaper Association was conceived in 1882 by Benjamin Briggs Herbert of Red Wing, Minnesota who published the Advance and the Republican.[4] It was founded February 19, 1885, as the National Editorial Association (NEA) in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1][5][6] The NEA's constitution was ratified after a meeting in 1886 and Benjamin Briggs Herbert was elected president of the organization.[7][8]

Glass negative of Calvin Coolidge and NEA delegates in Washington D.C. in 1925

In 1891, Edwin William Stephens became the sixth president of National Editorial Association after a discussion at the organization's seventh annual convention.[8][9][10] The National Editorial Association changed its name to the National Newspaper Association after a Dallas, Texas, meeting in 1964.[11]

Conventions

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The National Newspaper Association holds an annual news convention.[12][13] At the conventions, newspaper editors meet and discuss various publishing related topics.[14][15] An informal convention took place in New Orleans after the organization's founding.[16] The organization's first formal convention took place on February 23, 1886, in Cincinnati, Ohio.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=46972
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Editorial Association Elects Massachusetts Publisher". The New York Times. June 28, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  7. ^ Edwin Emery (November 1970). History of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Greenwood Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780837144955. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  8. ^ a b Official proceedings of the annual convention. Vol. 24. National Newspaper Association. 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  9. ^ "A Day of Conventions". The Baltimore Sun. July 15, 1891. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "National Editorial Association in Boston". Manufacturers and Farmers Journal. June 26, 1890. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  13. ^ "Asbury Park is Wide Awake". The New York Times. June 17, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  14. ^ "How the Editors Feel: Members of the National Association Nearly All Favor Clevland". The New York Times. May 10, 1892. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  15. ^ "Treats for the Editors: Plans for Entertaining the National Association". The New York Times. July 6, 1894. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  16. ^ Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn (1909). History of Goodhue County, Minnesota. H.C. Cooper. p. 662. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  17. ^ Official proceedings of the annual convention. Vol. 15–16. National Newspaper Association. 1900. p. 61. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  18. ^ Official proceedings. Vol. 43–44. National Editorial Association. p. 39. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

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