The Inland Press Association’s principal mission is to help its member newspapers and the industry at large thrive in their business performance, their journalism quality and their ability to respond nimbly to whatever changes arise in the media environment. This mission is reflected in its motto: “Inland Works for You.” Inland is especially well known for its high-quality, cost-effective and prac
tical continuing education for newspaper leaders and staff. Inland offers, for example, the only newspaper industry conferences designed specifically for family owners, group executives, and human resources professionals. Its low-cost and frequent webinars—offered several times each month—present experts addressing both the very latest digital and multimedia strategies for growing revenue and audience, as well as new twists on newspapers’ most traditional businesses. Inland’s annual New Business Development Conference gathers some of the industry’s best thought leaders who lead participants through the process of envisioning new revenue streams. Inland also provides vital industry research that newspapers use to compare their performances to peers, to identify business opportunities, to monitor employee morale and efficiency and track cost and revenue trends across time. These Inland annual benchmarking research products have become industry standards: The National Cost & Revenue Study, Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey, General Performance Assessment, Employee Attitude Survey, and Five-Year Trend Analysis. Now its approximately 1,200 member newspapers come from all 50 states, Canada and Bermuda. Family-owned and community newspapers are especially active members in Inland, but participants include some of America’s largest metro dailies as well. Whatever size newspaper they represent, members have many opportunities in Inland to network with each other. Its Annual Meeting each October in Chicago gathers not only newspaper industry figures offering strategic insights and practical measures, but newsmakers as well. Inland maintains a very active LinkedIn group, a Twitter feed () and a page to keep members in touch with each other throughout the year. Through several programs, Inland proves its commitment to developing a strong future leadership for the newspaper industry. Most notably, its foundation sponsors the Inland Fellowship Program, which pairs minority staffers at member newspapers with industry veterans in a three-year program that includes mentoring and participation in association conferences, at no cost to the newspaper or fellow. Inland membership also offers access to valuable services
• Legal hotline
• Contests that motivate employees and provide ideas that newspapers can put to use themselves
• Libel insurance premium discount plan
• Monthly newspaper, The Inlander, a guide to association events and activities as well as columns and features that emphasize ideas and best practices for better newspaper performance. Inland’s dues structure, it should be noted, has not changed in 25 years. Striving in all ways to be cost-effective guides how Inland Works for You. To join Inland or to get more information about the association, contact:
Patty Slusher
Director of Membership and Programming
[email protected]
(847) 795-0380
Inland Press Association
701 Lee St., Suite 925
Des Plaines, Ill., 60016
(847) 795-0380
Fax: (847) 795-0385. [email protected]
