Celebrating 127 Years of NNA
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Kidsville News! is excited to again sponsor NNA’s Newspaper And Education contest
May 14, 2013
For the second year in a row, Kidsville News!, a literacy and educational newspaper initiative based in Fayetteville, NC, has stepped up to sponsor the National Newspaper Association’s Newspaper And Education contest.
Newspapers, NC state Senate battle over public notice
May 3, 2013
As if a state Senate committee hearing in Raleigh, NC, was not already tense, it grew downright contentious after legislators narrowly voted to approve a bill that would allow local governments in a dozen counties to place legal notices on their own, government-controlled websites instead of in newspapers.
Service Standards changes last July cause additional delays for non-local mail copies
April 30, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service last month announced that it would move up 55 plant consolidations scheduled for 2014 into 2013, creating many more changes in service standards that have bedeviled newspapers. That will bring the total number of plant consolidations to 166 by year-end, a recipe for disaster with so much change in one year.
Convention keynote speaker to be Rob Curley
April 30, 2013
Rob Curley will be the keynote speaker at the National Newspaper Association’s 127th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 12-15, 2013. He will address attendees during the Opening Breakfast and Flag Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13 at the Arizona Grand Hotel & Resort.
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NNA honors Cheryl Kaechele with 2012 McKinney Award
October 10, 2012
Cheryl Kaechele was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 2012 Annual Convention & Trade Show, where she was presented with the Emma C. McKinney Memorial Award at the association’s business luncheon Oct. 6, in Charleston, SC.
NNA honors Zean Carney with 2012 Amos Award
October 10, 2012
Zean Carney was honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 2012 Annual Convention & Trade Show, where he was presented with the James O. Amos Award at the association’s business luncheon Oct. 6, in Charleston, SC.
Amos and McKinney Awards
Recognized as one of the highest and most distinguished tributes in community journalism, the Amos and McKinney Awards are presented to a working or retired newspaperman and woman who have provided distinguished service and leadership to the community press and their community.
Daniel M. Phillips Leadership Award
The National Newspaper Association established this award in 2007 to honor Daniel Morris “Dan” Phillips, an award-winning writer and photographer who passed away in 2005 at the age of 47. He began his career as a staff writer at The Natchez Democrat before taking the job of managing editor for The Russellville (AL) Times. He returned to his family’s newspaper, The Oxford (MS) Eagle, in 1983 and was an assistant publisher and stockholder. He served in several leadership positions with the National Newspaper Association, including a term as president in 1999-2000, and was appointed to a second one-year at-large term on the NNA board for 2004-05. As president of the Mississippi Press Association in 1997-98, he was instrumental in forming the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, headquartered at the University of Mississippi. He was named among the “Top 40 Under 40” of state business leaders by the Mississippi Business Journal in 1998. That same year, the UM Department of Journalism recognized him as one of its top 50 alumni as part of the school’s 50th anniversary celebration.
The winner will be notified in July and the Daniel M. Phillips Leadership Award will be presented at NNA's Annual Convention in the fall.
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Service Standards changes last July cause additional delays for non-local mail copies
April 30, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service last month announced that it would move up 55 plant consolidations scheduled for 2014 into 2013, creating many more changes in service standards that have bedeviled newspapers. That will bring the total number of plant consolidations to 166 by year-end, a recipe for disaster with so much change in one year.
Newspapers face softened requirement in 2014 for Intelligent Mail barcodes
April 16, 2013
Newspapers claiming automation mailing rates for their Periodicals newspapers or Standard Mail flats not eligible for Enhanced Carrier Route rates face new hurdles on Jan. 26, 2014, as the U.S. Postal Service’s mandates for Full-Service Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMbs) kick in. But National Newspaper Association President Merle Baranczyk said NNA’s efforts had built in new options for many newspapers to avoid the full impact.
USPS to continue Saturday delivery
April 10, 2013
The National Newspaper Association today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to continue Saturday mail delivery while it awaits postal reform legislation from Congress.
NNA questions Donahoe about USPS delivery, service
April 10, 2013
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe faced challenges about declining service in rural areas from community newspaper publishers at the National Newspaper Association Postal Summit on March 14.
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