News Associations

American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE was founded in 1922 amid government and other attacks on newspapers and their editors.
http://www.asne.org

The Canadian Newspaper Association
The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) is a non-profit trade and lobby organization, representing 102 Canadian daily newspapers (English and French). CNA membership represents 99% of the almost 5.1 million copies of newspapers sold daily across Canada.
http://www.cna-acj.ca

Caribbean Broadcasting Union
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) was formed in 1970 with a view to contributing to the regional integration process through stimulating the flow of broadcast material among the Radio and Television systems in the Caribbean Region.The Union represents both public and private broadcast systems in the English, French, Spanish and Dutch speaking Caribbean. Associate membership has been granted to some organizations based in and out of the Region, which provide services essential to broadcasting and to the interests of the CBU.
http://www.caribunion.com/

Commonwealth Press Union
The Commonwealth Press Union is an association whose members are newspapers and news agencies from 49 countries. Over 700 are in membership and these are represented with the CPU by their publipublishers, chief executives or editors.
http:// www.cpu.org.uk/

European Newspaper Publishers Association
One of the ENPA objectives is to define the outlines of the freedom of the Press in a fast-changing Europe.
http://www.enpa.be

IAPA: Inter American Press Association
The Inter American Press Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to defending freedom of expression and of the press throughout the Americas. Site contains links to newspapers around the world.
http://www.sipiapa.org

Inter Press Service
IPS, the world´s leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries, with satellite communication links to 1,200 outlets.
http://www.ips.org

International Federation of Journalists
The world's largest organization of journalists, representing 450,000 journalists in over 100 countries.
http://www.ifj.org

National Association of Black Journalists
The National Association of Black Journalists is the largest media organization of people of color in the world.
http://nabj.org

National Press Club
The Club shall provide people who gather and disseminate news a center for the advancement of their professional standards and skills, the promotion of free expression, mutual support and social fellowship.
http://npc.press.org/

Newspaper Association of America
The NAA focusses on strategic issues of vital importance to newspapers, including marketing, public policy, diversity and product development.
http://www.naa.org

Panos Institute
Panos's work centres around a belief that development must be sustainable economically, socially and politically, as well as ecologically; that pluralism in society and in the media is an essential component of sustainable development; and that there must be greater equity within societies, and between North and South. It's website contains a comprehensive range of online papers dealing with development-related issues
http://www.panos.org.uk/

Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Members are in a common pursuit of the highest stnadards of economic journalism, through both individual and collective efforts.
http://www.sabew.org

Society of Professional Journalists
The largest and most broad-based journalism organization in the United States, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. The SPJ also promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry and works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
http://www.spj.org/

Unity, Journalists of Color, Inc.
A UNITY is a strategic alliance of journalists of color acting as a force for positive change to advance their presence, growth and leadership in the fast-changing global news industry.
http://www.unityjournalists.org

The World Association of Newspapers
A global organisation for the newspaper industry. It groups 15,000 publications in more than 90 countries to defend freedom of the press and all other newspaper interests.
http://www.fiej.org *or www.wan-press.org, but both web sites are down.