National Newspaper Association
Protecting, Promoting and Enhancing Community Newspapers Since 1885
Public Policy
The National Newspaper Association’s mission is to protect, promote and enhance American’s community newspapers.
NNA needs the support of every community newspaper in order to work closely with policy officials to create a legal and regulatory environment conducive to the growth of community newspapers.
Postal
NNA works daily on postal issues that affect community newspapers. Its goals are to achieve fair rates, efficient service and a level competitive playing field between newspapers and direct mail competitors.
Public notice
Public notices in newspapers are part of the three-legged stool of government accountability. Public notices help to inform the public on activities by the government and other public entities. Public notices have been included in newspapers from the beginning of the Republic. Now they are also on many newspapers’ websites.
Join the Congressional Action Team
The Congressional Action Team (CAT) is NNA's grassroots team composed of newspaper publishers from across the country who volunteer to contact their Senators and Representatives when legislation affecting community newspapers is introduced or when legislative activity is necessary. CAT members are asked to simply call their members of Congress or write a letter to express their concerns on behalf of community newspapers. All newspaper publishers who are members of the National Newspaper Association may join. To join, email lynne@nna.org.
Public notice resources
Public notices in newspapers are part of the three-legged stool of government accountability. Public notices help to inform the public on activities by the government and other public entities. ...
Cantwell, Blackburn, Heinrich introduce legislation to combat AI deepfakes & put journalists, artists & songwriters back in control of their content
Jul 11, 2024
News/Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association, Rebuild Local News, NAB, SAG-AFTRA, Nashville Songwriters, Recording Academy, RIAA, Music Publishers, Artists, Performers applaud COPIED ACT’s ...
National Newspaper Association files comments with USPS
Jul 8, 2024
Pursuant to the proposed changes to rules regarding Securing Bundles of Flats (89 FR 50542) ...
National Newspaper Association files postal complaints with Postal Regulatory Commission for more than 200 newspapers
Jun 28, 2024
The comments were part of a review by the PRC of its postal rate regulations, which it is required by Congress to do periodically.
Will the public be notified of water problems? Depends on notice laws in your state
Jun 26, 2024
Agencies responsible for issuing public notices failed to meet requirements about 6,000 times per year on average. As a result, citizens were not notified that the Safe Drinking Water Act passed by Congress ...
Postal rates are going up in July
Jun 1, 2024
Let’s look at the increases by class of mail, as many newspapers use all three Market Dominant classes — First Class, Periodicals and Marketing Mail.First Class letter mail stamps go from $.68 ...
PRC determines it is powerless to stop price increases it believes to be 'not prudent'
May 31, 2024
“If the PRC has no legal basis to block an increase that it determines is ‘not in the interest of stakeholders,’ the viability of the entire system of checks and balances must be questioned,” NNA ...
NNA applauds Democratic House Oversight leaders all for PRC to halt July rate increase
May 24, 2024
NNA Chair John Galer, publisher of The Journal-News in Hillsboro, Illinois, who led the fly-in contingent said “NNA applauds this action by Ranking Member Raskin and the colleagues who have joined ...
Welch, Rounds lead bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act to help local news overcome persistent postal delays, surging rate increases
May 22, 2024
The NNA worked extensively with Senator Welch’s staff in developing this bill and numerous improvements we proposed were incorporated into it before it was introduced. The fact that newspaper service ...
