Local Matters

Send us your Local Matters ideas!

Georgia Press Association wants to know how your newspaper is using the Local Matters campaign materials.

Have you created house ads? Rack cards? Other promotional materials? What ideas have you developed? Local Matters is your opportunity to use a ready-made campaign and improve your business.

Please share with GPA how you are using Local Matters to emphasize the important role your newspaper plays in your community by emailing your custom-made material to GPA at [email protected].

Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contests Open Dec. 9

The Georgia Better Newspaper Contests for advertising and editorial excellence will open on Dec. 9 for work done in 2024. The deadline for entering is Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Download rules for the Better Newspaper Advertising Contest here: GPA AD CONTEST RULES 2025

Download rules for the Better Newspaper Contest for editorial excellence here: GPA BNC Rules 2025

Jaillene Hunter joins GPA

Hunter becomes Georgia Press Association Executive Director

Jaillene Hunter has succeeded Robin Rhodes as executive director of Georgia Press Association (GPA). Rhodes will continue working through a transition period and will continue to represent GPA at the state legislature on issues important to the newspaper industry.

Jaillene Hunter

Hunter joins GPA after a career working in communications at the state and federal government levels. She was press secretary for Rep. Max Burns and Rep. Dave Weldon in Washington, D.C., and then served as communications director for Georgia Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle, working on issues such as transportation, economic development, government spending, health care and education. Since then she has worked on communications strategies and initiatives for state government, small businesses, legislative initiatives and nonprofits.

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