Missouri Press Association
Serving Missouri Newspapers Since 1867
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
This summer, I was given the opportunity to further my journalism education through a 13-week internship with the Warrensburg Star-Journal . As a junior majoring in digital media production with a …
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
A few days after the closing of this year’s Missouri Press Associations’ highly-successful convention, this headline from Editor & Publisher magazine’s website caught my …
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Before my time at the Webster County Citizen , I knew Seymour, Missouri, as the dinky little town down the highway from my only slightly less dinky hometown, Marshfield. The extent of my knowledge …
Monday, October 6, 2025
Who owns the newspaper? Me, Natha McAllister. In addition to publishing a newspaper, what other services do you/it provide? Commercial printing Circulation of newspaper: 1,558 subscribers …
Friday, October 3, 2025
In a day and age when we see announcements of newspaper closures all too often (not very many in Missouri, though!), it’s refreshing to hear about papers being purchased because they are still …
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Automatic renewals of subscriptions are a customer service convenience. Not that anyone should care, but I would not survive three months without autopay of my utility bills and credit cards. …
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
As we ramped up for this year’s MPA Convention, my friend Steve Rosenfeld with Bluefin Technology Partners stopped by Leader World Headquarters and asked a question I never really considered. …
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
WASHINGTON — A recommendation by Postmaster General David Steiner not to raise prices in January 2026 for Market Dominant products, which includes First-Class Mail, was accepted by the …
Monday, September 22, 2025
Rayma (Bekebrock) Davis, former Lamar Democrat newspaper editor and co-owner, died Sept. 17, 2025, at UF Spanish Plaines Hospital, following a short illness. With her husband, Douglas, Davis …
Friday, September 19, 2025
Mary Ann Kearns Kimberling, 100, died Sept. 2, 2025, at Morningside Center in Chillicothe, where she had resided the past two and a half years. In 1948, she moved to Jamesport where her parents …
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Missouri Press Association was proud to present a wide variety of speakers at the 159 th Annual Convention and Tradeshow in Wildwood. Thank you to all of our speakers and presenters during the …
Monday, September 15, 2025
Missouri Press Association’s 159 th Annual Convention and Tradeshow is in the rearview mirror, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t give a final shoutout to all our sponsors and speakers …
Monday, September 15, 2025
Most newspapers nowadays are owned by non-family corporations. The people who own them don’t run them. The people who run them don’t own them. Often, there’s not an office …
Saturday, September 13, 2025
The four newest members of the 2025 Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame were inducted Friday, Sept. 13, at the Wildwood Hotel during the Missouri Press Association's 159th Annual Convention and …
Friday, September 12, 2025
Missouri Press Association's 159th Annual Convention and Tradeshow included a Great Ideas sharing session. These are photos of the presenters. Their ideas will be shared later, so be sure to …
Monday, August 18, 2025
Five acclaimed photojournalists will expand the ranks of the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame during a Thursday, Nov. 13 induction ceremony at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s …
