In June 2019, The Desert Sun Executive Editor Julie Makinen announced the newspaper’s opinion pages would take a summer break from national politics. She chose...
AB 268 (Irwin) Courts: sealing records: autopsy reports Position: Opposed This bill, which requires the Court—when requested by a family member—to seal the autopsy report and evidence associated...
CNPA Active Members will vote this month on proposed amendments to the CNPA Bylaws along with the annual election of CNPA officers and directors. The CNPA Board of Directors has approved a proposal...
Melissa Sanderson is now owner, publisher and president of The North Coast Journal Inc. in Eureka, publisher of the weekly North Coast Journal, the newspaper reports. Sanderson...
"The B.A.R. remains an important institution for the LGBTQ community here, and with our sister publications in other cities, we are part of an important...
Carly Schwartz in May becomes editor in chief at Clint Reilly Communications' San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly and The Nob Hill Gazette, The Examiner reports. Schwartz had been editor in chief...
Norma Kostecka, publisher of Sonoma Media Investments' North Bay Business Journal, died March 31, 2021, the Business Journal reports. She was 58 and had breast cancer. Kostecka had been...
Most Americans agree. Social media "news" tends to be one-sided and inaccurate. Most also agree that the best antidote to the proliferation of misinformation is...
Of all the momentous occasions documented in CNPA-Member newspapers, here are three: Mountain Democrat is 170 "An 'entity' that holds true to its purpose and legacy of being...
Chris Bowman is now managing editor at Gannett's Ventura County Star, the newspaper reports. Bowman is a former environmental reporter at The Sacramento Bee and previously reported for The Press-Enterprise in Riverside...
CNPA Advertising Services is your strategic partner for delivering local engagement on a statewide or national scale. Through our 3,500+ publishers and partners, we have...
California Publisher is CNPA's official quarterly newspaper. Its printing and distribution are underwritten by vendors and suppliers who value the message opportunity offered by a...
Transparency and police misconduct take center stage This week, the Legislature is on Spring Recess, so it's a great time to update CNPA Members on our...
#StopAsianHate Toolkit Day of Action. Day of Healing. Be sure to Use the official hashtag: #StopAsianHate The following toolkit is to serve as a reference for individuals, organizations...
National Sunshine Week (March 14-20) gave CNPA Members a chance to share with readers how and why journalists ask questions, request records, and obtain and...
Talkov Law Corp. has applied for Allied membership in CNPA. Allied Members provide goods and services to the state's news industry. Attorney Scott Talkov is president of...
By Jim Pumarlo My days of sitting behind an editor’s desk have passed, but I’ll never lose my newspaper blood. I regularly enjoy my first cup...
Bob Ingle, a former executive editor at the San Jose Mercury News who is credited with launching the online delivery of news, died March 16, 2021, at his Saratoga...
“The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. “The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public...
"Imagine that: a job where I got to meet interesting people, spend my days researching and refining my opinions and then sharing them with a...
Marion Lewenstein, journalism professor emerita and CNPA's University Journalism Educator of the Year in 1981, died March 6, 2021, of complications of heart and circulatory disease at...
Allen P. McCombs, former owner of Champion Newspapers in Chino, and 1982 CNPA president, died March 12, 2021, at the Skilled Nursing Unit of Inland...
Free webinar for CNPA Members 3 p.m. Pacific, Thursday, March 11 Register now Tune in next week to find out what's up in Sacramento and how CNPA is...
El Popular has applied for Active membership in CNPA. George Camacho is publisher of the Bakersfield-based weekly broadsheet, circulation 23,100. It was founded in 1983. Until confirmation...
2021-22 CNPA OFFICER AND DIRECTOR NOMINEES In accordance with Article VI, Section 4 of the CNPA Bylaws, the following report of the Board Development Committee, headed...
