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AWNA launches newspaper recycling ad campaign

Posted: October 12, 2012
Member Services

The AWNA has consulted with industry and member newspapers on recycling efforts of newspapers throughout the province. This is a proactive approach by the AWNA Board to counter possible government-imposed…Read more →

AWNA Board issues $50,000 blanket classified payment to members

Posted: September 9, 2012
Member News

The AWNA Board of Directors approved a payment of $50,000 to member newspapers at a meeting held in Drumheller on August 31st. Newspapers that were members in good standing as…Read more →

Two long-time AWNA members win Golden Dozen awards

Posted: July 15, 2012
Member News

Congratulations to George Brown and Joan Plaxton, who received 'Golden Dozen' awards at the recent ISWNE (International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors) conference in Bellingham, Washington. Theirs were among the…Read more →

Order AWNA’s History Book

Posted: June 1, 2012
Member News

The AWNA's new book 'Writing the First Draft of History' is now in print. We have copies available for sale. The price is $10/copy if you order ten or more,…Read more →

Kerry Anderson appointed as second AWNA Press Council rep

Posted: April 6, 2012
Member News

The Alberta Press Council has confirmed the appointment of Kerry Anderson as a Council member. The Press Council invited the association to add a second representative after the Edmonton Journal…Read more →

Jack (Sig) Sigvaldason honoured by Canadian Journalism Foundation

Posted: April 6, 2012
Member News

Jack (Sig) Sigvaldason, who has worked in the North as a reporter, editor and publisher for more than 40 years, will be awarded the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement award…Read more →

Steve Jeffrey appointed Chair of AWNA’s New Media committee

Posted: February 17, 2012
Member News

President Ossie Sheddy has appointed Steve Jeffrey as Chair of the Association’s New Media committee. Steve, publisher of the Chestermere Anchor, joined the board this year and looks forward to…Read more →

AWNA to increase frequency of its payments to members

Posted: February 17, 2012
Member News

The AWNA will increase the frequency of its EFT payments to members starting in March, the board has decided. We will process EFT’s every second Monday, starting on March 5th. …Read more →

Sun Media affirms its support of AWNA

Posted: February 17, 2012
Member News

The AWNA is pleased to announce that it has worked cooperatively with Sun Media to assure its continued involvement in the association. We have worked out an arrangement regarding the…Read more →

AWNA launches new AWSOM May 15th

Posted: May 15, 2011
Member News

Kudos to the awesome AWSOM team at AWNA - Allana Bridgewater, Julie Anne McRae and Maurizia Hinse. We launched our new in-house system this week-end, so now the association is…Read more →