About the GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION 

 

In 1887, the Georgia Press Association was founded to bring together Georgia newspapers.

The goal: Create an organization that would protect, promote, foster and advance the interest of the newspaper industry in Georgia.

Today, the Georgia Press Association (GPA) is still growing, and our members remain among the top business leaders in the state. From rural weeklies to metropolitan dailies, Georgia newspapers are close to the heart and soul of the community in every city and town.

Our members carry out the goal of their early predecessors by securing unity of thought and action in all matters pertaining to the profession of journalism. The membership is guided in its quest by a volunteer board of directors and numerous permanent and special committees.

GPA is active in offering educational and networking opportunities for its members in addition to placing advertising through GPA’s affiliate, the Georgia Newspaper Service, and offering scholarships and internships through the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Active membership consists of newspapers that have published for more than two years in Georgia on a weekly basis with a minimum of 50 issues annually and have a bona fide list of paid subscribers plus single copy sales equal to or exceeding 75 percent of the circulation published in its Statement of Ownership.


GEORGIA NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY

An official listing of the Georgia Press Association’s membership and contact information may be purchased through Georgia Newspaper Service for $45.

Contact Sean Ireland at 770-454-6776 or by email: sireland@gapress.org.


WANT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO BECOME A GPA MEMBER?
GPA Staff contact: Ashley Sears at 770-454-6776 or by email: asears@gapress.org.

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2024-25

GPA Officers

President

 

Eric NeSmith

Community Newspapers Inc.

 

Vice President

 

Keith Barlow


Community Newspapers Inc.

 

 

Treasurer

 

David Maxwell

Donalsonville News

 

Immediate Past President

 

Patrick Graham


The Walton Tribune, Monroe

 

 

Past President Liaison

 

Randy Wind

The Cairo Messenger

Associate Member Representative

Keith Pepper

Rough Draft

2024-2025

Board of Directors

Otis Brumby III

Marietta Daily Journal

Beth Neely

The Newnan Times-Herald

Scott Buffington

Mainstreet Newspapers

Dan Pool

Pickens County Progress, Jasper

Buff Leavy

The Brunswick News

DuBose Porter

The Courier Herald, Dublin

Alan NeSmith

Community Newspapers Inc.

Rachael Raney

Times-Georgian, Carrollton

 

 

Len Robbins

The Clinch County News, Homerville