Nevada Press Association
Now accepting entries for Better Newspaper Contest
Want to judge?
We’ll be judging Arizona’s contest beginning in June, so just send us an email if you want to volunteer.
Needed:
•30-35 news editors and reporters, plus a few in sports.
•A handful of photographers.
•12-15 advertising judges.
It’ll be online judging, and you’ll have about three weeks to read and judge entries. We’ll try to match you up to categories for which you’re most suited.
Contest packets have been mailed to each publication. Because June 1 falls on a Saturday, this year’s deadline for entries will be on June 3, a Monday.
As in recent years, entries (except the usual mail-in-only categories) will be made electronically via the Better Newspaper Contest site. It works best with the Firefox browser.
To get ready to submit entries:
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•Alert reporters, photographers, salespeople, etc. that contest time is approaching, so they can be selecting their work for possible entry.
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•Designate a Contest Manager. That person will log in first and control the entries. The Manager then may set up other accounts on the site to allow entries for your publication.
The association has a long history. Between 1888 and 1915, an association of Nevada newspapers was organized and re-organized several times. In 1924, a journalism professor at the University of Nevada in Reno led the reorganization of the association, which officially became known as the Nevada State Press Association.
The organization dropped "State" from its name in 1995, becoming the Nevada Press Association.
An 11-member board of officers and directors, elected by member newspapers, governs the association.
The Nevada Press Association is dedicated to representing the common interests of Nevada newspapers, furthering the public's right to know through an understanding that strong newspapers (protected by the First Amendment) are the cornerstone of a democratic society, promoting a closer fellowship within the newspaper fraternity, encouraging the elevation of journalistic standards and promoting the value of newspaper advertising.
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Last year Nevada newspapers sold more than 118 million copies and gave away almost 40 million more.
Key findings from a new study by NNA and Nielsen show that newspaper media – print and online – scored the highest of all media on overall engagement.
Where newspapers and their websites stood out most was in the efficacy of advertising. On a scale of different metrics of advertising effectiveness – including “usually notice ads,” “likely to purchase” and “best place for Black Friday shopping”— the average score among U.S. adult consumers for newspaper media consistently exceeded those of all other media.
When looking, for example, at the aggregate advertising scores, newspapers and newspaper websites together delivered a 12 percent larger advertising-engaged audience than the overall average for all media, and 16 percent larger than that of social media.
