National Newspaper Association

Formation| 1885
Founder| Benjamin Briggs Herbert
Type| Trade association
Focus| The mission of the National Newspaper Association is to protect, promote and enhance America's community newspapers.
Headquarters| Pensacola, Florida

Area served

| United States

Executive Director

| Lynne Lance
Website| https://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.

## Further reading

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* "They Want a Book Trust". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 21, 1890. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
* Emery, Edwin (November 1970). History of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780837144955. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
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* United States

Other|

* IdRef