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2012 Sponsors

2011 Sponsors

2010 Sponsors

 

2013 Sponsorship Opportunities

 

  • Our new Sustaining Investor choices provide your organization with convention participation and year-round visibility to WNPA publishers; includes an exclusive Mt. Rainier option.
  • Convention Sponsorship offers personal interaction with publishers and staff of the majority of Washington's community newspapers.
  • Explore the benefits in our brochure (pdf)

 

Last year’s 125th anniversary convention in Yakima drew strong participation from our membership – and we expect even more registrants as we meet in the Puget Sound area in 2013. Convention dates are Oct. 3-5. We hope you will join us in Olympia!

Please email Mae Waldron at WNPA with your questions, or call her (206) 634-3838 ext. 2.
 

2013 Investors & Sponsors


TownNews.com
MediaSpan Software  


2012 Exhibitors & Sponsors


SmallTownPapers  

Allied Law Group

Davis Wright Tremaine

Washington Potato Commission

Yakima Herald-Republic

Rotary Offset Press

TownNews.com 

Wenatchee World

MediaSpan Software

Pacific Publishing Company

Sound Publishing Inc.


 

 

2011 Exhibitors & Sponsors


Allied Law Group

Davis Wright Tremaine

Media Span Media Software

Pacific Publishing Company

Paine Field

Puget Sound Energy

Rotary Offset Press

Sound Publishing, Inc.

SmallTownPapers

TownNews

 


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2010 Exhibitors & Sponsors


Allied Law Group, Seattle & Olympia

Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle

Cevado Technologies, Chelan

Media Span Media Software

Northwest Insurance Council

Pacific Publishing Company

Puget Sound Energy

Rotary Offset Press

SmallTownPapers

Sound Publishing Inc.

TownNews.com

Washington State Labor Council

Wenatchee World

 

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126th Annual Convention  


Dates:
Oct. 3-5, 2013

Location: Red Lion Hotel, Olympia

Program: Lori Maxim, Vice President of West Sound Operations for Sound Publishing, Poulsbo, chairs the 2013 convention committee.
Registration: Available here in early August.

Sponsorship: Details are in our brochure (pdf)

Questions: Please email Mae Waldron or call her at (206) 634-3838 ext. 2.

 

Members celebrated 125 years of Washington's community newspapers  Sept. 27-29, 2012, in Yakima, where WNPA originated in 1887 as the Washington Press Association. The Yakima Herald-Republic, successor of one of  three publishing WPA founders, was honored at the opening reception held at Gilbert Cellars.
 

2012 Award Recipients

Miles Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher Award: Sue Ellen Riesau, former publisher of the Sequim Gazette

Freedom's Light Award: Rowland Thompson, executive director of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington

Honorary Life Membership: Cliff Rowe, Pacific Lutheran University  

 

 


Our 124th annual WNPA convention, Oct. 6-8, 2011, in Everett, drew more than 200 attendees.  Bill Forhan, publisher of NCW Media, Leavenworth, led the planning efforts.

 

2011 Award Recipients

Miles Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher Award: Manfred Tempelmayr, retired president of Sound Publishing Inc.

Dixie Lee Bradley Award: Linda Chittim of Beacon Publishing

 

 

   

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Ad Sales Webinar 

Legislative Day

Board Meetings   

         


Ad Sales Webinar

July 31, 10-11 a.m.

 

 

Mike Blinder, presenter

Performing the proper prep to increase sales   


Regardless of your suite of products, failing to do the homework before each call will result in not being able to fully monetize the call. Mike Blinder will show you how investing just 10 minutes online, to learn about a new or existing customer, will assist you in performing a better Needs Analysis and help you close not just more digital business, but tons of print dollars as well! 

 

Register today, or by July 24. Cost is $25 per newspaper (WNPA will invoice your newspaper). All webinar registrants will be entered in a prize drawing to win a WNPA Convention Coupon: 25 percent off convention registration for any one person from your newspaper. WNPA Convention Dates: Oct. 3-5 in Olympia.

 

Legislative Day 

 

 

Members of WNPA and Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington gather in Olympia annually to meet with the state's elected officials and legislative leaders. Rowland Thompson, executive director of Allied, and Bill Will, executive director of WNPA, provide a review of bills of interest to newspapers being floated during the legislative session. 
 

For details, please contact Mae Waldron by email or call (206) 634-3838 ext. 2.     


Map of the Capitol Campus (pdf)

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Board Meetings

 

The WNPA Board of Trustees typically meets in January, April, July and October. Meeting dates in 2013 are Jan. 11 (Olympia), April 25 (Bellevue), July 18 (Leavenworth) and Oct. 3 (Olympia).

For questions regarding board meetings or information about the board, please contact WNPA Executive Director Bill Will or (206) 634-3838, ext. 0.  

 

   

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