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Vanessa Henderson has joined the CNPA Services Inc. team as Executive Assistant and Director of Events. Henderson, a California State University, Sacramento alum, earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Mass Communications and a minor in Journalism. Vanessa’s previous role as an Account Coordinator at an Association Management Company has prepared…

A message from Tim Gallagher, chair of the California Press Foundation’s Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year Award Committee. Dear publishers and friends of CNPA: I know you care. I know you care about celebrating great publishers who somehow manage to not just survive, but flourish and innovate during very tough times for…

Cal Western Circulation Managers Association (CWCMA) and Northwest International Circulation Executives (NICE), two longstanding trade organizations with members in media companies in 11 western states and four Canadian provinces, are excited to announce that they are merging. The motion was brought to the floor at their joint annual conference on June 20 and was approved…

At its June 27 Quarterly Meeting, the CNPA Board of Directors gave a first look at proposed revisions to the organization’s bylaws that would permit Digital News Members to have full participation as CNPA members, including voting and serving on the Board of Directors. View Board of Directors The proposal also includes provisions to admit…

1. Relevant, time-saving webinars are available at no cost to your team, if you choose to inform them of the availability. Details appear in each week’s CNPA Bulletin, or visit Online Media Campus. 2. Crucial coverage of healthcare issues that affect rural news consumers is available free for you to publish twice a month. Details…

The Stanford Daily has applied for Campus membership in CNPA. Regan Pecjak is CFO of The Daily, which publishes Monday through Friday during the academic year. The Daily “strives to serve the Stanford community with relevant, unbiased journalism and provides its editorial and business staffs with unparalleled educational opportunities.” Until confirmation by the CNPA Board…

Plaques and certificates were mailed and shipped earlier this month to winners of the 2018 California Journalism Awards. CJA plaques are awarded to newspapers who placed first and second in the Print, Digital and Campus competitions, and to first-place winners in the new Open Contest – the “best of the best” among publications, regardless of…

Advertising has a crucial role in its mission Congratulations, owner, publisher, general manager or department head. You are privileged to oversee all or part of an organization that exists to inform and support its community. And CNPA is privileged to assist you. You are a shrewd and challenged leader in a unique community. Your community…

The CNPA offices will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. Back to it first thing Tuesday.

Seven California campus media programs will receive grants from the California Press Foundation to improve their production hardware and software. A total of $9,512 will be distributed beginning this month. Grants range from $772 to $1,500. The recipients for 2019 are: Bear Witness, Branham High School, San Jose The Guardsman, City College of San Francisco…