Organizations

Organizations related to journalism, including unions, press clubs and professional associations. This page excludes news outlets, such as individual newspapers or newspaper chains.

General

• American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
• Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
• Committee of Concerned Journalists and the Project for Excellence in Journalism (CCJ, PEJ)
• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Web site, organized in 1981
• National Press Club (USA)
• Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Academic and related

• Associated Collegiate Press (ACP)
• Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association, CSPA
• Journalism Education Association (JEA)

Journalism schools

• at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Web site

Editors

• Canada -- Editors' Association of Canada, EAC,Web site
• Copy editors -- American Copy Editors Society, ACES, Web site
• Features -- American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors]], AASFE Web site
• Freelance -- Editorial Freelancers Association]], EFA, Web site, based in the USA
• Magazines -- American Society of Magazine Editors, ASME, Web site
• Managing editors -- Associated Press Managing Editors, APME,
  • Web site
  • Founded: 1931
  • Contact information:

Mark Mittelstadt, Executive Director

Associated Press Managing Editors

450 W. 33rd St.

New York, NY 10001

212-621-1838

212-621-7520 - Fax

• Newspapers -- American Society of Newspaper Editors, ASNE, Web site, mainly for top editors at daily newspapers
• Opinion -- Association of Opinion Page Editors, AOPE, Web site
• Sports -- Associated Press Sports Editors, APSE, Web site
• Trade publications -- American Society of Business Publication Editorsl, ASBPE, Web site
• Weeklies -- International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, ISWE, Web site
• World -- World Editors Forum, WEF, Web site

Ethnic (United States)

• Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)
  • Web site
  • Rene Astudillo, Executive Director
  • 1182 Market St., Suite 320, San Francisco, CA 94102
  • 415-346-2051 x700
  • 415-346-6343 - Fax
• National Arab American Journalists Association, NAAJ
• National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
• National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
• Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
• South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)
• Unity -- Journalists of Color

Institutes and foundations

Institutes

• American Press Institute, API, Web site
• International Press Institute, IPI
• Maynard Institute
• Mid-America Press Institute, Web site
• Poynter Institute, Web site
• World Press Institute, WPI

Miscellaneous

• Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, DJNF,
  • Web site
  • Founded in 1958.
  • Foundation promoting journalism careers.
  • Sponsors programs for college students (especially in editing), high school journalism teachers and advisers and college journalism instructors.
• Foundation for American Communications (FACS)
  • Web site
  • Focuses on improving background knowledge, gives information via the Web, seminars and contacts lists for various subjects.
• The Freedom Forum
  • Web site
  • Newseum, newsroom diversity and First Amendment freedoms.
• Nieman Foundation at Harvard
• Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
  • Web site
  • Supports four areas, one of which relates to journalism: journalism and a free press in the Americas.

International

• European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Maastricht [1]
• European Union of Science Journalists' Association (EUSJA)
• International Center For Journalists (ICFJ)
  • Web site
  • Founded in 1984.
  • Focuses on countries with minimal tradition of an independent press.
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, ICIJ
• International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Brussels [2]
• International Journalism Network, IJN, Web site
• International Press Association, IPA™ [3]
• International Press Institute, IPI
• International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, ISWNE Web site
• Journalists@YourService (J@YS), [4] Journalists service centre in Brussels
• NUJ Brussels, Brussels chapter of National Union of Journalists (UK/Eire) [5]
• Panos Institute Supporting journalism in developing countries.
• Society of News Design (SND)
• Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
• World Editors Forum Web site
• World Press Institute, WPI
• World Press Photographers, WPP

Investigative Reporting

• Center for Investigative Reporting, CIR
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, ICIJ
• Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)

Newspaper

• American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)
• Associated Press Managing Editors (APME)
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, AAN, Web site, North America
• Inland Press Association, IPA
  • Web site
  • Sponsors training for all newspaper deparments and produces research on revenue and costs, including compensation.
• National Newspaper Association (NNA, USA)
  • Web site
  • Founded in 1885.
  • Represents America's community newspapers.
  • Largest newspaper association in the United States.
• National Newspaper Publishers Association, NNPA
• Newspaper Association of America (NAA)
  • Web site
  • Represents 90 percent of the daily circulation in the United States.
• The Newspaper Guild (union), TNG

Photojournalism

• American Society of Media Photographers, ASMP
• American Society of Picture Professionals, ASPP
• National Association of Freelance Photographers, NAFP (USA)
• National Press Photographers Association, NPPA (USA)
• Panos Pictures Photojournalism from the developing world
• White House News Photographers’ Association, WHPA (USA)
• World Press Photographers, WPP

Publications

Publications about journalism:

• American Journalism Review, AJR
• Columbia Journalism Review, CJR
• Editor & Publisher, E&P
• Online Journalism Review, OJR

Regional

USA

• Inland Press Association
• New England Newspaper Association
• New England Press Association
• Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association
• Southern Newspaper Publishers Association

North Carolina

• N.C. Capital Press Corps, [6]
• N.C. Press Association, NCPA,Web site
• N.C. Press Photographers Association, Web site
• N.C. Scholastic Media Association, NCSMA, Web site

State press associations

• Alabama Press Association, http://www.alabamapress.org/
• Arizona Newspapers Association, http://www.ananews.com/
• Arkansas Press Association
• California Newspaper Publishers Association, http://www.cnpa.com/
• Colorado Press Association, http://newmedia.colorado.edu/cpa/online/
• Connecticut Independent Newspaper Alliance,
• Florida Press Association, http://www.flpress.com/
• Hoosier State Press Association, http://www.hspa.com/
• Idaho Press Association, http://www.idahopapers.com/
• Illinois Press Association, http://www.il-press.com/
• Iowa Newspaper Association, http://www.inanews.com/
• Kansas Press Association, http://www.kspress.com/web/isite.dll?1010348344414
• Kentucky Press Association, http://www.kypress.com/
• Louisiana Press Association, http://www.lapress.com/
• Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association
• Michigan Press Association, http://www.michiganpress.org/
• Minnesota Newspaper Association, http://www.mnnewspapernet.org/
• Mississippi Press Association, http://www.mspress.org/
• Missouri Press Association, http://www.mopress.com/
• Montana Newspaper Association,
• Nebraska Press Association, http://www.nebpress.com/
• Nevada Press Association,
• New Jersey Press Association, http://www.njpa.org/
• New Jersey Press Association
• New York Newspaper Publishers Association, http://www.nynpa.com/
• North Carolina Press Association, http://www.ncpress.com/
• North Dakota Newspaper Association, http://www.ndna.com/
• Ohio Newspaper Association, http://www.ohionews.org/
• Oklahoma Newspaper Association, http://www.okpress.com/
• Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, http://www.orenews.com/
• Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, http://www.pnpa.com/
• South Carolina Press Association, http://www.scpress.org/
• South Dakota Newspaper Association, http://www.sdna.com/
• Tennessee Press Association,
• Texas Daily Newspaper Association, http://www.tdna.org/
• Texas Press Association, http://www.texaspress.com/
• Utah Press Association, http://www.utahpress.com/
• Virginia Press Association, http://www.vpa.net/index.html
• Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, http://www.wnpa.com/
• West Virgina Press Association, http://www.wvpress.org/
• Wisconsin Newspaper Association, http://www.wnanews.com/
• Wyoming Press Association

Specialties

• Broadcast journalism -- Radio-Television News Directors Association, RTNDA, Web site
• Business journalism -- Society of Business Editors and Writers (SABEW)
• Copy editing -- American Copy Editors Society (ACES)
• Criminal Justice Journalists (CJJ)
• Design -- Society of News Design (SND)
• Editorials -- National Association

of Science Writers, NASW

• Editorial cartoons -- Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, AAEC, Web site
• Education Writer's Association, EWA,
• Features -- American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, AASFE,
  • Web site
  • International. Offers annual convention, a writing contest, regional workshops and several publications.
  • Penny Fuchs, Executive Director

University of Maryland

1117 Journalism Building, Room 4113

College Park, MD 20742-7111

301-314-2631

• Food -- Association of Food Journalists, AFJ
• Health care -- Association of Health Care Journalists, AHCJ
• Interactive journalism -- J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism
  • Web site
  • Sponsors Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism.
• Military Reporters and Editors, MRE
• Ombudsmen -- Organization of News Ombudsmen, ONO, Web site
• Online News Association, ONA
• Science -- European Union of Science Journalists' Associations (EUSJA)
• Science -- National Association of Science Writers, NASW
• Sports
  • Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), Web site
  • Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM), Web site

Watchdog groups

• Accuracy in Media, AIM (conservative slant)
• Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ
• Independent Press Councils
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR (liberal slant)
• Media Matters for America, MMA (liberal slant)
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, RCFP, Web site

Unions

• National Writers Union, NWU, USA
  • Web site
  • For freelance writers.
• The Newspaper Guild, TNG, Web site

Women

• • Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS)
  • National Federation of Press Women, NFPW

Miscellaneous

• Freedom of information -- National Freedom

of Information Coalition

• History of journalism -- American Journalism Historians Association
• Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
  • Web site
  • Founded in 1977.
  • Focus on minorities.
• National Lesbian and Gay Journalists

Association, NLGJA

• National Press Club, NPC
• Southern Newspapers Publishers Association, SNPA, USA
  • Web site
  • Founded in 1903
• Student Press Law Center, SPLC, Web site
• Wired Journalists, Web site, a network for learning, not a formal organization
• World Press Freedom Committee, Web site

External Links

Lists

• Council of National Journalism Organizations members, USA, annotated list of links
• Gebbie press links
• [http://www.shgresources.com/resources/newspapers/associations/

Newspaper and Press Associations in the US], via SHG Resources

• Organizations, annotated list from ASNE, USA
• Industry resources, from the Poynter Institute, USA
• Wikipedia category

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