Inland Press Association
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The Inland Press Association, founded in 1885, is a 125-year-old United States
-based not-for-profit organization owned by its member newspaper
s and operated by a volunteer board. Inland has over 1,200 daily and weekly newspaper members in all 50 states, Canada
and Bermuda
. The association provides business research
, training
, networking
and idea-sharing services to member companies.http://www.inlandpress.org/
Inland has an affiliated foundation, which provides continuing-education programs for newspaper managers and employees focused on practical assistance for day-to-day newspaper operations. Inland also administers the Newspaper Business Development Networkhttp://www.specialsections.org, a separate organization for newspaper staff members involved in generating new revenue for newspapers.
Inland is known internationally for its business research projects for newspaper companies, performing confidential cost and revenue studies, the industry standard for newspapers in North America and Latin America. The organization performs the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey, the industry standard for newspaper compensation planning and Employee Attitude Surveys for newspaper companies.
The daily and weekly newspapers in the association reach nearly 20 million U.S. homes. Member newspapers range from the very large -- the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News
, the Omaha World-Herald
, the Seattle Times, the Tampa Tribune, the Columbus Dispatch, the Tacoma News-Tribune, Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star
, the St. Petersburg Times
, the Indianapolis Star, the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, and others to community daily and weekly newspapers from states as far west as Alaska
and Hawaii
and as far east as Bangor, Maine
; Rio Grande, New Jersey
; and Hamilton, Bermuda
.
Inland also offers an annual calendar of journalist study missions to other nations to improve the understanding of other cultures. Inland delegations have visited more than 50 countries ranging from Albania
to Zimbabwe
. During these visits, Inland delegations have met with President (then opposition leader) Megawati Sukarnoputri
of Indonesia
; President (then Vice President) Eduardo Duhalde
of Argentina; President Thabo Mbeki
of South Africa
; President Suleyman Demirel
of Turkey
, and other leaders.
Inland provides a monthly publication for newspapers, including practical business and
journalistic assistance, in areas such as revenue development, editing techniques, and management education. Inland’s foundation provides more than 30 training seminars and Webinars each year, dealing with the practical aspects of newspaper operations in all departments.
Inland also offers other human resources
services including employee attitude surveys; news media job fairs; e-mail networking system; job description exchange; sales comp plan exchange; and online job board and resume search. It also offers legal hotlines, contests to motivate and encourage employees and exchange ideas, idea books, a libel insurance premium discount plan, conventions for professional education, job opportunity information, job fairs and other projects to support and encourage a diverse newspaper industry workforce, aid to journalism education and more.
. The 19 publishers that first met at Chicago’s Tremont House
represented papers from Indiana
, Illinois
, Wisconsin
, Michigan
and Iowa
. Since then, the association has grown to include more than 1,200 newspapers from all 50 states, Canada
, and Bermuda
.
Inland has a long history of catering to the needs of newspapers of all sizes, and has a strong constituency of independent and family-owned newspapers. In 1885, newsprint trusts hurt small newspaper publishers. In order to compete, they needed the strength provided by an alliance. Three men, Robert Mann Woods of the Joliet Republic-Sun, E.A. Nattinger of the Ottawa Times and John W. Fornof of the Streator Free Press, called the first meeting and formed a newspaper alliance that has grown through more than a century of service. Many of the original members still retain Inland membership. One original family, the Bliss family in Janesville, Wis., still participates actively in Inland.
Inland’s research services also have evolved through decades of use and improvements. The first cost and revenue study was conducted in 1920, through its roots date back to surveys dated around 1911. The precursor of the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey was established in 1930. The first advertising linage reports were done in 1931, providing the report with a 66-year history of helping newspapers find new revenues.
Inland began offering its education programs in 1978 with "Editing Small Newspapers." Inland has educated more than 15,000 newspaper employees through its seminars and workshops. The foundation sponsors more than 30 training programs and Webinars each year, attracting more than 1,000 participants annually.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based not-for-profit organization owned by its member newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and operated by a volunteer board. Inland has over 1,200 daily and weekly newspaper members in all 50 states, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
. The association provides business research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
, training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
, networking
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
and idea-sharing services to member companies.http://www.inlandpress.org/
Inland has an affiliated foundation, which provides continuing-education programs for newspaper managers and employees focused on practical assistance for day-to-day newspaper operations. Inland also administers the Newspaper Business Development Networkhttp://www.specialsections.org, a separate organization for newspaper staff members involved in generating new revenue for newspapers.
Inland is known internationally for its business research projects for newspaper companies, performing confidential cost and revenue studies, the industry standard for newspapers in North America and Latin America. The organization performs the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey, the industry standard for newspaper compensation planning and Employee Attitude Surveys for newspaper companies.
The daily and weekly newspapers in the association reach nearly 20 million U.S. homes. Member newspapers range from the very large -- the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...
, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG," is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.-Early history:...
, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News
The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
, the Omaha World-Herald
Omaha World-Herald
The Omaha World-Herald, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is the primary daily newspaper of Nebraska, as well as portions of southwest Iowa. For decades it circulated daily throughout Nebraska, and in parts of Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming. In 2008, distribution was reduced to the...
, the Seattle Times, the Tampa Tribune, the Columbus Dispatch, the Tacoma News-Tribune, Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star
The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005....
, the St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a United States newspaper. It is one of two major publications serving the Tampa Bay Area, the other being The Tampa Tribune, which the Times tops in both circulation and readership. Based in St...
, the Indianapolis Star, the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, and others to community daily and weekly newspapers from states as far west as Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
and Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and as far east as Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
; Rio Grande, New Jersey
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Rio Grande is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area...
; and Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is the territory's financial centre and a major port and tourist destination.-Geography:...
.
Inland also offers an annual calendar of journalist study missions to other nations to improve the understanding of other cultures. Inland delegations have visited more than 50 countries ranging from Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. During these visits, Inland delegations have met with President (then opposition leader) Megawati Sukarnoputri
Megawati Sukarnoputri
In this Indonesian name, the name "Sukarnoputri" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name "Megawati"....
of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
; President (then Vice President) Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Duhalde
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of Argentina; President Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...
of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
; President Suleyman Demirel
Süleyman Demirel
Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel, better known as Süleyman Demirel , is a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister seven times and was the ninth President of Turkey.-Life:Demirel was born in İslamköy, a town in Isparta Province...
of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and other leaders.
Inland provides a monthly publication for newspapers, including practical business and
journalistic assistance, in areas such as revenue development, editing techniques, and management education. Inland’s foundation provides more than 30 training seminars and Webinars each year, dealing with the practical aspects of newspaper operations in all departments.
Inland also offers other human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
services including employee attitude surveys; news media job fairs; e-mail networking system; job description exchange; sales comp plan exchange; and online job board and resume search. It also offers legal hotlines, contests to motivate and encourage employees and exchange ideas, idea books, a libel insurance premium discount plan, conventions for professional education, job opportunity information, job fairs and other projects to support and encourage a diverse newspaper industry workforce, aid to journalism education and more.
History
The Inland Press Association first convened on May 7, 1885, in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. The 19 publishers that first met at Chicago’s Tremont House
Tremont House
Tremont House , sometimes called the Tremont Hotel, was a highly influential hotel designed in 1829 by Isaiah Rogers in Boston, Massachusetts...
represented papers from Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. Since then, the association has grown to include more than 1,200 newspapers from all 50 states, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
.
Inland has a long history of catering to the needs of newspapers of all sizes, and has a strong constituency of independent and family-owned newspapers. In 1885, newsprint trusts hurt small newspaper publishers. In order to compete, they needed the strength provided by an alliance. Three men, Robert Mann Woods of the Joliet Republic-Sun, E.A. Nattinger of the Ottawa Times and John W. Fornof of the Streator Free Press, called the first meeting and formed a newspaper alliance that has grown through more than a century of service. Many of the original members still retain Inland membership. One original family, the Bliss family in Janesville, Wis., still participates actively in Inland.
Inland’s research services also have evolved through decades of use and improvements. The first cost and revenue study was conducted in 1920, through its roots date back to surveys dated around 1911. The precursor of the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey was established in 1930. The first advertising linage reports were done in 1931, providing the report with a 66-year history of helping newspapers find new revenues.
Inland began offering its education programs in 1978 with "Editing Small Newspapers." Inland has educated more than 15,000 newspaper employees through its seminars and workshops. The foundation sponsors more than 30 training programs and Webinars each year, attracting more than 1,000 participants annually.