Press Associations and Journalists

We all know that newspapers can be a great source for stories about our ancestors.
What about the owners of the newspapers?  The editors and journalists? Do you have an ancestor that worked at a newspaper?

The objectives of the press associations were to promote the general interests of the journalistic profession and to improve the quality of journalism. Members were journalists from different respected newspapers across the country, province or state. 

The booklets of meetings of the associations have lists of members. 

Virginia Press Association 1898

Some of the following publications have portraits also. 

Check local libraries for more. 

Relevant Links

A History of the National Amateur Press Association, 1900

Michigan Woman's Press Association, 1889

Michigan Woman's Press Association, 1891

Michigan Woman's Press Association, 1893

Michigan Press Association

New Hampshire Press Association

Annual Meeting of the Illinois Press Association, 1907

Arkansas Press Association

History of the Texas Press Association

A history of Canadian journalism in the several portions of the Dominon, with a sketch of the Canadian Press Association 1859-1908

Virginia Press Association

Winter Meeting of the Missouri Press Association

American Journalists in Europe, 1919

Australian Journalists in London, 1918

Leading Lady Journalists, 1896

Canadian Division of the Institute of Journalists, 1911

Queensland's pioneer journals and journalists,1945