AlaPressa
December 2020
In this edition:
- APA Conventions in 2021
- Stiefel named publisher in Fort Payne
- Examining the difference between weekly and daily newspapers
October 2020
In this edition:
- The Decatur Daily sues for access to 911 transcripts
- Bennett named executive editor in Anniston
- ‘Now is not the time to stop talking about COVID-19’
September 2020
In this edition:
- National Newspaper Week October 4-10, 2020
- Ozark editor marks 63 years on the job
- APA Journalism Foundation internship narrative
August 2020
In this edition:
- APA presents ad sales workshop with Ryan Dohrn
- Do you know a struggling journalist?
- NNA online convention coming in October
July 2020
In this edition:
-
APA Media Awards announced
-
New APA Legal Hotline Series- Aggregation
-
AlabamaPublicNotices.com
May 2020
In this edition:
-
APA announces plan for the contest awards presentation
-
Alabama newspapers make changes to deal with pandemic fall out
-
House leaders introduce appropriation to help U.S. Postal Service
April 2020
In this edition:
- APA cancels 2020 summer convention
- APA Legal Hotline posts a new web video
- “Positioning ourselves, and our customers, to come back strong”
March 2020
In this edition:
- 2020 Hall of Honor Inductees Annoucned
- APA elects new officers and board members
- Sunshine Week 2020
January 2020
In this edition:
- Programs for everyone at the APA Media Summit
- Stewart and Beck to be honored at APA Media Summit
- New features from the APA Legal Hotline for 2020
December 2019
In this edition:
- Longtime Journal Record editor announces retirement
- Freelancer and Grant Databases coming to APA website
- APA President Horace Moore appointed as Winston County Sheriff
October 2019
In this edition:
- 4 APA women named Top Women in Alabama Media for 2019
- U.S. Postal Service taken to task for spotty service
- Federal government increases overtime salary threshold
September 2019
In this edition:
- National Newspaper Week
- Statement of Ownership due in October
- Why We Call It “Public Notice”
August 2019
In this edition:
- Be a part of the THINK F1RST campaign
- Gannett and GateHouse announce merger
- Top Women in Alabama Media
- Terry Connor returns to Dothan
July 2019
In this edition:
- Two Alabama courts render rulings in favor of openess
- Democrat-Reporter in Linden publishing under new ownership
- Majors named publisher in Andalusia
- SNPA and Inland to merge on October 1
May 2019
In this edition:
- APA Summer Convention has lots to offer
- TownNews enlists Jerry Lyles to energize strategic partnerships
- Southern Newspapers Inc. sells to former employee
- Vietname veterans pictures sought
March 2019
In this edition:
- New offices for APA
- APA elects new officers
- Democrat-Reporter in Linden suspended
- 2019 Summer Conference
January 2019
In this edition:
- Something for all at the 2019 Media Summit
- Miller named Publisher in Scottsboro
- Judges needed for Illinois Contest
- Allen purchases Birmingham Fun and Family
December 2018
In this edition:
- APA sells building in Birmingham
- Wigfield named managing editor
- A Newspaper Tree
- Alabama newspapers represented at three-state Rural Tourism Conference
October 2018
In this edition:
- Nominate someone for APA’s Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Journalist awards
- New owner at the Blount Countian
- Marshall County papers join forces to hos debate
- Archibald and Wright honored at Auburn University
September 2018
In this edition:
- National Newspaper Week
- Statement of ownership filing due for Oct. deadline
- Community college sued on open records violation
- Newsprint tariffs reversed
August 2018
- Newsprint tariffs remain as high as 20 percent
- Journalists invited to apply for Media Law School fellowships
- “My summer at the Hartselle Inquirer”
- Shed light on the epidemic of suicides
June 2018
- 2018 summer convention
- Alabama newspaper executives lobby against newsprint tariffs
- Judge orders Alabama to release lethal injection information
- How to hire a millennial
May 2018
- Registration now open for 2018 summer convention
- Prestridge named publisher in Greenville
- Bob Davis leaving The Anniston Star for public radio
- AG opinion limits open records to Alabama citizens
April 2018
- APA Summer Convention coming in July
- Proposed APA bylaw amendment to be presented at the Summer Convention
- Newspapers join forces in Frist Amendment fight
- The Clayton Record is back
March 2018
- APA Media Summit recap
- Kenneth Boone named new APA President
- New paper tariffs could cost jobs at U.S. Publishers
- BNC Advertising and Magazine deadlines approaching
January 2018
- ALLDOT communications chief meets with APA board
- Fort Payne and Scottsboro move to three-day printing cycle
- Garner named publisher of The Atmore Advance
- Newspaper publishers invited to visit updated public notices site
2017 AlaPressa
November & December 2017
- ALLDOT communications chief meets with APA board
- Fort Payne and Scottsboro move to three-day printing cycle
- Garner named publisher of The Atmore Advance
- Newspaper publishers invited to visit updated public notices site
October 2017
- APA unveils new public notice website
- Pulse of America ressearch will drive sales for you
- Raycom Media, CNHI announce merger
- Nomiations begin for APA’s inagural Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ellis named publisher of the Valley Times News in Lanett
September 2017
- Boone newspapers in Texas hit with flooding from Hurricane Harvey
- Southern Star honored by Ozark City Council
- Cherokee County Herald sold
- Cox named publisher in Scottsboro
- Valley Times-News sold
- Martin retires from The Montgomery Independent
- Start planning now for National Newspaper Week: Oct. 1-7
- Greer named president of AEJMC
July / August 2017
- APA Summer Convention back in Alabama
- Changes coming for APA’s public notice website
- Patterson named publisher in Albertville
- Troy University student journalists win national and regional awards
- Two newspapers celebrate milestone birthdays
May 2017
- Convention registration is open
- APA welcomes two new staff members
- Citronelle publisher to run for state legislature
April 2017
- APA Summer Convention returns to Orange Beach
- APA says farewell to two staff members
- Clayton Record sold
- Goldsmith wins Chopped Junior
- Advocate receives Media Excellence Award
- Progressive Era sold out
- Gulf State Park Lodge on track for 2018 opening
- APA Journalism Foundation board meets at Miles College
March 2017
- APA elects new officers
- APA welcomes new active and associate members
- Alabama entrepreneurs showcase products, talents at APA summit
- UA launches new journalism CAMP
- Bobo and Cargile inducted into the Alabama Newspaper Hall of Honor
- Rainsville publisher elected House Majority Leader
- Fight fake news with the real thing
2016 AlaPressa
Nov./Dec. 2016
- Ayers steps down as AnnistonStar publisher
- Ruff and Weaver to receive APA Lifetime Achievement Award
- Sharing initiative
- Auburn journalism students take an impressive road trip
- Hartselle names new publisher
- Alabama Media Group donates photo collection to Archives
- Bolton named to NNA board
October 2016
- Montgomery Advertiser has new leadership
- Nominations sought for 2017 APA Hall of Honor
- Do you need a postal statement review?
- Learning Experience
- WWI story available for News Content
- Sharing initiative
- Nominate someone for APA’s Lifetime Achievement award
- APA’s website gets a fresh, new look
- National Newspaper Week should be every week
- Good idea: Refurbished news racks
August 2016
- New Overtime Rules looming
- Who is preserving our history?
- State Records Commission has protected public records since 1955
- Gordon completes internship in Hartselle
- Mobile reporting: Apps for Journalists 2016
- Scott Goldsmith announced as President and Managing Shareholder of JamisonMoneyFarmer PC
July 2016
- Summer Convention a success
- DuBois elected to APA board
- Garrison to run for Hartselle mayor
- A soldier’s D-Day story
- Study reveals advertising with newspapers triples ad campaign effectiveness
- Knight retires after 52 years as newspaperman
- Judge rules lawsuit against Gulf State
- Park hotel due for dismissal
- APA attorney Bailey honored
May 2016
- 2016 Summer Convention coming soon
- Baker named publisher at Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.
- Griesbach awarded J. B. Stevenson Scholarship for 2016
- Newspapers’ role in the local political landscape
- Ethics Commission deserves applause for transparency
April 2016
- Make plans to attend the 2016 APA Summer Convention
- Ethics Commission meetings now available online
- Cullman Tribune sells to CullmanSense
- Turner new editor of Opelika-Auburn News
- APA members head to Cuba
- APA Journalism Foundation Board visits Auburn University
- English marks 25 years at APA
- Cook and Free win it all
March 2016
- APA elects new officers and board for 2016
- Do you need a postal statement review?
- New publisher named in Jasper
- Summit showcases Alabama products and talent
- Scottsboro makes Newseum’s Top 10 twice in two weeks
- Daily Home editor dancing for a good cause
- Opelika-Auburn News finalist in Second Street Award
- Revenue Resources Revisited
- Public records come with stipulations
- Birmingham Times sold
- APA welcomes six new associate members
- Troy University changes requirements for MBA program
January 2016
- Cox and Moore will receive APA Lifetime Achievement Award
- Pulitzer-winning co-author of ‘Race Beat’ will speak at Troy University next on Feb. 11
- Summit to feature first-ever Alabama Products Showcase
- APA Journalism Summit program recognizes Alabama Pulitzer winners
- Hall of Honor set for Saturday, Jan. 30
- Gulf State Park convention center challenged in lawsuit
- Series available for young readers
Ala-Pressa
It is read by Alabama publishers, editors and advertising managers of member newspapers. It is also distributed to APA’s more than 130 associate members as well.
Business Card
(3.25” x 2.5”)
Members: $35
Non-Members: $45
Quarter Page
(3.5” x 4.5”)
Members: $65
Non-Members: $85
Half Page
(7” x 4.5”)
Members: $120
Non-Members: $155
Full Page
(7” x 9”)
Members: $230
Non-Members: $295

600 Vestavia Parkway, Suite 291
Vestavia, AL 35216
Phone: 205.871.7737
Fax: 205.871.7740