| Show THE FORMATION MEETING AND AFTERWARD centennial observance took place there as well during its 1985 convention Two years after NEAbeginnings in 1887 American Newspaper Publishers Association was created duringRochester New York meeting spearheaded by William Brearley of the Detroit Evening News Interestingly Brearleypublisher James Scripps was one of the founders of Na tional Editorial Association ANPA too eventually changed its name as NEA had done in 1965 Its new designation became Newspaper Association of America Needless to say there was concern that NNA and NAA were extremely similar alphabetical designations If ANPA somewhat emulated National Newspaper Asso ciation with its changed name NNA insense returned the compliment late in 1993 by moving out of downtown Washington C ANPA long since had taken up new quarters in Reston Virginia NNArelocation was to Arlington Virginia Actually NEA was based in Chicago for many years and in addition to beingnewspaper organization wastravel socie ty under the direction of Don Eck When he died suddenly on October 20 1957 Edgar Bayol an executive of the CocaCola corporation was his successor Theodore Ted Serrill longtime Pennsylvania Newspaper Association manager replaced Bayol as Executive Vice President in 1961 and then NEA soon moved to the nationcapital Serrill argued Washington was the logical location and convinced his Board the move would be beneficial As expected in the beginning NEA NNA and ANPA NAA had somewhat diverse goals and less-than-daily papers gravitated to NEA while dailies particularly those serving major metropolitan areas affiliated with ANPA There have always been overlapping memberships as well since one type of paper can learn from the other and mutual objectives bring together publishers of both It might be said that the advent of television and the proliferation of radio stations across the nation playedpart 23 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
