“Power of the Press” #SJW2025 #PowerofthePress #NewVoices The Journalism Education Association has scheduled Scholastic Journalism Week for Feb. 24-28, 2025. Apply to be featured on the JEA Twitter during Scholastic Journalism Week. They will email a certificate your school administrators with props and kudos to the great work you are doing. This year’s theme is […]
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, will be the seventh annual Student Press Freedom Day! Student journalists and their supporters across the United States will spend the day — and all month long — raising awareness of the challenges they face, celebrating their contributions to their schools and communities, and taking actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. Visit the Student […]
Network with others who do what you do! Media leaders who manage news media companies and groups of all sizes in Pennsylvania have a regular opportunity to share and learn from their common and unique experiences through PNA’s Media Leadership Roundtables. Lesley Strouse, Gannett Executive Director of Enterprise and Distributed Partnerships and a Reuters representative […]
Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government, celebrated this year from March 16-22. Sunshine Week is coordinated by Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. […]
In honor of Sunshine Week 2025, join us in-person or virtually for a round-up of the major decisions and happenings with Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law and the Sunshine Act. Paula Knudsen Burke, the Pennsylvania-based attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, will moderate a panel that includes: Liz Wagenseller, Executive Director of OOR; […]
There’s no better time than Sunshine Week to take a closer look at the open meetings law and its impact on your local coverage. This session reviews PA’s Sunshine Act with a focus on frequently asked questions and common issues. Melissa Melewsky, PNA’s Media Law Counsel, explains Pennsylvania’s Open Meetings Law, including reporters’ most common […]
Mark your calendars and plan to participate in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Special General Membership Meeting, scheduled for 12 noon on Monday, March 24, virtually via Zoom. This special meeting is being called to approve six new provisional memberships in PNA. The membership applicants are: Centre County Gazette Knightly News West Hills Gazette The Keystone […]
Submit your nominations for Newspaper Hero of the Year and/or Audience Development Person of the Year by Monday, March 31.