National Newspaper Association
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Content for Member Papers
NNA provides its members with content to reprint or post to websites.
This content includes columns by directors and NNA member newspapers, Freedom Forum Institute's First Amendment columns/ editorials (available weekly) and more.
Mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II
Aug 27, 2020
September 2, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. To mark this occasion, the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana, offer four columns written by the Pulitzer Prize winning ...
We march, demonstrate and protest: We’re America
Aug 27, 2020
Gene Policinski discusses the history behind the March on Washington taking place tomorrow and how marches, protests and demonstrations, on the street and now online, are how the United States talks to ...
Harsh words in presidential campaigns: Protected, nothing new
Aug 20, 2020
The high legal bar for public figures to successfully sue for defamation, combined with a historical judicial reluctance to intervene in political campaigns, allows candidates and their surrogates to sling ...
Congress needs to act to protect USPS
Aug 14, 2020
Democrats have proposed over $3.6 billion for voting by mail at a time when casting ballots in person is a perilous chore for many. And they’ve asked for $25 billion to finally shore up the postal ...
Scoring First Amendment freedoms: One step forward, two back and a draw
Aug 13, 2020
For First Amendment freedoms in recent weeks, it has been one step forward, two steps back and at best a draw — and we should be praising the progress and mad as hell about the setbacks.
Standing up for the First Amendment – and Austin Tice
Aug 6, 2020
Lata Nott talks about how safeguarding our First Amendment freedoms – including a free press – is our duty. And continues the call for the release of journalist Austin Tice, missing in Syria ...
NNA ISSUE BRIEF: Broadband gaps grow during COVID-19 pandemic
Aug 5, 2020
"Now, with people working at home and lacking access to libraries and restaurants, internet access is a growing problem,” Adelman said.
A First Amendment framework for effective dialogue in the classroom
Jul 30, 2020
David Callaway and Trey Daniel dive into the details and constitutional framework of the Georgia Rights, Responsibility, Respect Project as many Americans are preparing for their children to return to ...
The cost to all citizens in a community when a newspaper closes
Jul 29, 2020
According to the study, “our main finding is that newspaper closures have a significantly adverse impact on municipal borrowing costs in the long run.”
