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Legal Hotline: Law Enforcement Officer Names
Q: I requested access to the names, job titles, salaries, length of service and employment contracts for members of our local police department. The agency denied access to officers’ names saying that all the officers might, at some point, operate undercover. Can they do that? A: No, public employee names, job titles, salary and other…
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February President’s Column
A letter from the desk of Bill Cotter, PNA president and CEO Last week, PNA officially celebrated its 100th anniversary as an association. The first six weeks of 2025 have been very exciting at PNA, especially in our membership and legislative divisions. We logged 10 member visits across Pennsylvania as positive public notice legislation appeared…
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February 13, 2025
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New positions help shape the future at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association
PNA is making moves to strengthen and support our member services team. Teresa Shaak has been promoted to senior manager, PNA and PNA Foundation Services. Teresa has worked with the PNA Foundation since 2000 and always assists our members with a smile. She manages the Foundation’s training initiatives, events, recognition programs and contests. Gillian Gurney…
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Chestnut Hill Local rolls out ‘Green Edition’ in Eagles’ colors
Philadelphia loves its sports teams. Always feeling like the underdog, fans cannot help but exude with civic pride when any of their beloved teams make it to a championship game. Another opportunity for glory came to the city and its fanbase as the Philadelphia Eagles prepared to play in their fifth Super Bowl on Sunday.…
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PNA Commemorates 100 Years
The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, the official trade association for print and digital news outlets in the commonwealth, commemorates the 100th anniversary of its founding on Monday, Feb. 10. View our Press Release.
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February 6, 2025
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January Member Visits
PNA Director of Marketing and Membership Jane Hungarter and Director of Government Affairs Jan Murphy headed west to visit with members. Their first meeting was with Debi Johnson, digital coordinator, and Candace Davis, marketing coordinator, at Pittsburgh City Paper. PCP is an alternative publication featuring news, dining reviews, restaurants, music reviews, movie & film reviews,…
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PNA Foundation Column – Feb. 2025
Here is the PNA Foundation’s monthly column highlighting some of the important work we do. If you have any questions, email the PNA Foundation or contact Executive Director Tanya Henderson at 717-703-3002.
