Missouri Press Association

08/01/2025

Have you signed up to attend the 159th Annual MPA Convention and Trade Show yet? What are you waiting for!? The sleeping room deadline is Aug. 11. See all the details and get signed up today!
https://mopress.jumbl.app/eventmanager/trainingevent/details/20

08/01/2025

Today, we celebrate Jeremy Patton's 12-year anniversary with Missouri Press. He's our advertising placement director and graphic designer, but he also wears many other hats such as directing our annual golf tournament and handling all of our technical needs at the convention. He was a designer for the Fulton Sun before joining the MPA on Aug. 1, 2013. Here's to 12 more years, Jeremy!

07/29/2025

Congrats to Mike and Sue Scott and the staffers of the NEMOnews Media Group for being named to this prestigious group. The article reads: "Starting in 2003 with three local newspapers, NEMOnews Media Group has grown into a resilient, locally-owned network of newspapers serving seven counties across rural northeast Missouri. Bringing multiple publications back from the “brink of extinction,” their focus has been not just to preserve the papers but to transform them — with digitized operations, streamlined printing and mailing systems, updated websites and rebuilt newsrooms. Through this work, NEMOnews Media Group has endeavored to restore civic trust and strengthen democracy at the local level with innovative content that is deeply rooted in community values."

E&P’s “Media That Matters” program returns for 2025 to spotlight the people and organizations redefining what success looks like in news publishing. From groundbreaking audience engagement strategies to creative revenue models and bold technological innovation, this year’s honorees set a new...

07/14/2025

The Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame’s ranks will grow by four when the 35th class of honorees are inducted during Missouri Press Association’s 159th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Wildwood.

Inductees for 2025 are the late Kevin Jones, past MPA president and chief operating officer of the St. Louis American; Dennis Ellsworth, former MPA board member and executive editor of the St. Joseph News-Press; Barbara Ann Horton, staff writer for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff; and Jerrilynn Voss, former owner and editor of The Unterrified Democrat in Linn.

The Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame was established in 1991, and inductees or their families receive Pinnacle Awards in honor of the inductees’ service to the newspaper industry and their communities. Inductees’ plaques will join the permanent display of inductees in the MPA office in Columbia and in the student lounge in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Read more about each of these dedicated newspaper professionals at https://mopress.com/stories/four-inductees-will-join-missouri-newspaper-hall-of-fame,39376

07/10/2025

The tradition continues!

With The Clinton County Leader back in his ownership, publisher Steve Tinnen was in St. Joseph this morning to see the first edition roll off the presses. Be sure to pick up your copy at local news racks later this week, or if you're a subscriber, keep an eye on your mailbox!

The Tinnen Family first purchased The Clinton County Leader on January 1, 1969, kicking off a 50-year tradition for the local newspaper. Steve and Sue Tinnen reacquired The Leader after its brief closure last month.

07/09/2025

Sorry to see this happening, not only because of the loss of the facility in Missouri, but also because of the really great folks who work here. Missouri Press staff and others had a chance to tour the plant in March, when we met some of the nicest folks in the newspaper business during our walk through, and that's saying something.

07/02/2025

Remembering the reason for America's independence day.

For our July 2 edition, our last one before the Fourth of July, we have printed on our front page the entire Declaration of Independence. The text and all spellings are taken directly from the official transcript at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Look for it on newsstands starting late this afternoon.

06/30/2025

Some great recognition for Hannah Spaar!

Hannah Spaar, news editor of The Odessan, is the fifth generation of her family to work in the newspaper business.

06/27/2025

Happy 85th birthday to Larry Dennis, longtime editor of the Mansfield Mirror. Larry was more commonly known as "Mr. Newspaper" and "Camera Man."

06/13/2025

MPA President Peggy Scott (right) visits with Ann Blunt, regional publisher of the Carpenter Media Group, on Thursday afternoon at the Quincy Herald-Whig office in Quincy, Illinois. Ann also oversees the Hannibal Courier-Post, the Kirksville Daily Express, and the NEMO Trader.

06/07/2025

Big news coming out of Washington, Missouri, on Friday afternoon. The Missourian has been owned and operated by the Miller family since 1937.

The Missourian Publishing Co. was acquired by Hoffmann Family of Companies Friday, June 6. The sale includes The Missourian, Franklin County’s oldest and largest newspaper, its digital platform, emissourian.com, and

06/06/2025

Hannah Spaar and Melody Cook with The Odessan talk with Kathy Kiely of the Missouri School of Journalism before her first of two presentations during the Show-Me Press Association meeting in Hermann. Kiely discussed covering disinformation and how local news is the front line against lies and propaganda, as well as investigative reporting.