Our mission is to |
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- Encourage community
newspaper excellence,
- Promote a greater
awareness of its industry and members,
- Market and promote
Alberta’s community newspaper medium,
- Provide educational
opportunities for members and staff,
- Be a communication and
service link between members and advertisers, agencies and government.
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Why this matters |
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Simple and genuine relationships between people matter. They are the
fabric of a sustainable community. Weekly newspapers play a pivotal role
in delivering information to the families in communities that maintain
and strengthen that fabric by keeping people up-to-date on activities
and concerns in their area. |
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The basics |
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- There are 110+ member newspapers throughout Alberta and
the Northwest Territories. They boast a combined
verified circulation of 760,000+.
- We are part of a Canada-wide network
of Community Newspapers through
the Canadian Community Newspapers
Association (CCNA), together with six
other provincial associations. Together
we represent nearly 700 newspapers.
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What guides us |
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Where we have been |
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- The association celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2015.
Throughout
the 1960s and 1970s it operated
from the basement of publisher
George Meyer. A central office
was established in 1977. Dennis
Merrell, Executive Director, has
been with the association since
1982.
- AWNA’s mission is to
encourage, assist and ensure
our members publish high quality
community newspapers. The
Association achieves this by
prioritizing education, marketing
and fellowship.
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We continue to develop the quality of our core Advertising services |
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- AWNA is committed to providing advertisers with
unsurpassed service and up-to-date information on each of the
markets community newspapers serve. As a leader in the
community newspaper industry, AWNA continues to
develop technology that translates into increased sales and
target audiences for each advertising client.
- Combase Readership survey results.
- The AWSOM Digital Archive.
- Display Advertising System (One Order-One Bill).
- Blanket Classified Advertising.
- Value Ad Network.
- Resources on our website.
- AWNA Member Services group provides the association
member newspapers with the opportunity to focus on the
quality of their products through its Better Newspaper
Competition (BNC) and workshops. It is the only community newspaper
association in Canada that sponsors an annual Newspaper Symposium for
the education and training of member newspapers and journalism students.
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