North American Street Newspaper Association

The North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) is an organization of street newspapers papers that provide employment opportunities, community, and a voice to homeless and other economically vulnerable people. As of October 2008 it has 28 members in the United States and Canada with a total monthly circulation of about 255,000 copies.[1] NASNA holds an annual conference and runs the Street News Service (SNS) together with AlterNet to share articles.[2]

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History

The seed to start NASNA was planted in August 1996 at the first North American Street Newspaper Summit in Chicago, sponsored by papers StreetWise and Real Change as well as the National Coalition for the Homeless. It was formally founded in September 1997 when 37 street newspapers met at the second conference in Seattle.[2][3][4] In 2006 NASNA had 47 member newspapers.[5] In early 2009, the North American Street Newspaper Association hired an Executive Director for the first time.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About NASNA". NASNA. 2008. http://www.nasna.org/about.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
  2. ^ a b Heinz, Teresa L.; Levinson, David (2004). Encyclopedia of Homelessness (illustrated ed.). SAGE. pp. 539. ISBN 0761927514. http://books.google.com/books?id=q-PgHH8TJi8C&pg=RA1-PA539. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
  3. ^ Danky, James Philip; Wiegand, Wayne A. (1998). Print Culture in a Diverse America (illustrated ed.). University of Illinois Press. pp. 48. ISBN 0252066995. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vqtgo0Zi0jEC&pg=PA48. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
  4. ^ Howley, Kevin (2005). Community Media (illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 68. ISBN 0521792282. http://books.google.com/books?id=MslR_FE5SI4C&pg=PA68. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
  5. ^ Feldman, Leonard C. (2006). Citizens Without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion (annotated ed.). Cornell University Press. pp. 166. ISBN 0801472903. http://books.google.com/books?id=1duRL-Z4VsoC&pg=RA1-PA166. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 
  6. ^ "North American Street Newspaper Association hires first Executive Director". Street Roots blog. 7 January 2009. http://streetroots.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/north-american-street-newspaper-association-hires-first-executive-director/. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 

External links

Street newspapers by continent