The Seattle Medium is an African-American newspaper that serves Seattle , Washington . It was founded in January 1970, and bore the name The Medium from 1970 to 1983.
4-603: In its early days, the paper employed as many as 50 staff. In 2014 the Medium completed a redesign, and remained committed to publishing in print as well as online. The paper won three National Newspaper Publishers Association awards in 2021, including first place in the "Best Original Advertising" category. This article about a Washington (state) newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Newspaper Publishers Association The National Newspaper Publishers Association ( NNPA ), formerly
8-550: A common purpose for the benefit of Negro journalism". Sengstacke succeeded in realizing a dream that his uncle, Robert Sengstacke Abbott , had for many years. Fittingly, Abbott died on the morning of the inaugural conference on February, 29, 1940. The younger Sengstacke was selected as the first president of the NNPA, and D. Arnett Murphy , the son of John H. Murphy Sr. , who published the Baltimore Afro-American ,
12-737: The National Negro Publishers Association , is an association of African American newspaper publishers from across the United States . It was established in 1940 and took its current name in 1956. Its headquarters was in Louisville, Kentucky . The NNPA was founded in 1940 when John H. Sengstacke , the second publisher of the Chicago Defender , organized a meeting with other African American publishers intended for "harmonizing our energies in
16-634: Was selected as the eastern vice president. In 1956, the trade association changed the name to the current moniker. "In 2000, the NNPA launched NNPA Media Services — a print and web advertising placement and press release distribution service." Since 2014, Dr. Benjamin Chavis has been the president and CEO of the organization. In 2001, NNPA created an electronic news service, Black Press USA , which enables newspapers to provide real-time news and information to its national constituency. In 2003, Larry Muhammad reported for NeimanReports that Black Press USA "is
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