National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA): The National Newspaper Publishers Association, also known as the Black Press of America, is a 67-year-old federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers from across the United States. Since World War II, it has also served as the industry's news service, a position that it has held without peer or competitor since the Associated Negro Press dissolved by 1970. In 2000, the NNPA launched NNPA Media Services-- a print and web advertising-placement and press release distribution service. In 2001, the NNPA, in association with the NNPA Foundation, it began building the BlackPressUSA Network
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NNPA Board Meeting NNPA Foundation Board Meeting September 24-27, 2008 Washington, D.C.
The NNPA Media Services is the gateway to over 200 weekly newspapers and more than 15 million readers. Our target market audience has buying power of $572.1 billion. Here's a snapshot of NNPA Readers:
Average Age: 43.9 Gender: 54% Female 46% Male Education: 60% Have attended college 90% Have a H.S. diploma
NNPA Media Services will enhance your entire marketing agenda and provide your campaigns with added value and an opportunity to:
Increase Sales & Retail Traffic
Build Brand Name Equity & Product Awareness
Expand Market Share & Increase Market Penetration
We assist our advertisers with the planning & implementation of any marketing campaign targeting our readership and the African American
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The Readers of the Black Press America are more educated, make more income and have substantial Buying Power. Find out more Black newspaper readers from the latest International Demographics research-Media Audit. (Click Here)
Founded during World War II, the NNPA News Service is America's only national Black news service. It distributes investigate reports, news and feature articles, as well as political and social commentary, to the NNPA’s 200 member papers. The NNPA News Service made national news when its bureau chief, Louis Lautier, successfully fought to desegregate the House and Senate press galleries in 1947. The News Service’s current Editor-In-Chief is award-winning journalist Hazel Trice Edney, a 20-year Black Press Veteran.
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Established more than 20 years ago, the NNPA Foundation is a 501 C(3) tax-exempt organization that has traditionally focused on pre-professional training and encouraging excellence in the industry. Its four traditional programs include: the Black Press Archives and Hall of Fame at Howard University, the A. Phillip Randolph Messenger Awards for Excellence in publishing and reporting, a summer internship program offering journalism students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at Black newspapers, and a scholarship fund providing financial assistance to college and graduate students with an interest in journalism. In 2000, the foundation created the Black Press Institute
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The BlackPressUSA Network comprises BlackPressUSA.com, the flagship site of the network, and NNPA member papers. As the only online community of black newspapers, the network equips publishers with tools and resources to create and maintain a website. Since the Network was introduced in June 2001, it has increased the number of NNPA members publishing online by more than 25%-- creating and redesigning sites for a variety of papers from the Seattle Medium and Chicago Standard to the Winston Chronicle and Jacksonville Advocate. If you are interested in receiving more information about the network, just click here to complete the form.
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