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Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM) is a professional organization of executives of state, regional, national and international newspaper associations headquartered in the United States and Canada. NAM fosters communication and the sharing of ideas and information among its members for the benefit of the newspaper associations managed by NAM members.
NAM Members in Salt Lake City for their 103rd Annual Conference.
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Incoming NAM President Ashley Kemp Wimberley (left) of the Arkansas Press Association presents a plaque of appreciation to outgoing President Phil Lucey of the North Carolina Press Association.
Wimberley elected NAM President
SALT LAKE CITY—The executive director of the Arkansas Press Association was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM) during the group's 103rd Annual Summer Conference on July 30 in Salt Lake City.
Ashley Kemp Wimberley will serve a one-year term as NAM president. She has served as executive director of the Arkansas Press Association since 2018. Previously, she served as the association’s director of marketing for 14 years. Wimberley grew up in a newspaper family and earned a degree in marketing from Union University.
Also elected to officer positions were Vice President Emily Bradbury, executive director of the Kansas Press Association, and Secretary Carolyn Nolte, executive director of the Florida Press Association. Debbie Anselm, executive director of the Iowa Newspaper Association, was elected to a three-year term on the board.
Phil Lucey, executive director of the North Carolina Press Association, becomes immediate past president.
Continuing directors are Rebecca Snyder, executive director of the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, and Lynne Lance, executive director of the National Newspaper Association. Layne Bruce, executive director of the Mississippi Press Association, serves as the organization's clerk.
Founded in 1923, NAM is a coalition of state, provincial, and national trade associations representing newspapers and affiliated digital media organizations in the United States and Canada.
Rogers named CEO in Illinois
Jeff Rogers will become the next president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Press Association, IPA Board President Jim Slonoff announced.
Rogers will also remain as executive director of the Illinois Press Foundation. He will begin his leadership role with the Illinois Press Association on Tuesday, July 21, focusing on member relations and programming, with an emphasis on growing the organization and its role in the state’s changing journalism infrastructure. Rogers replaces Steve Jameson, who left the Illinois Press Association on in July.
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Weddle named exec in Virginia
Steve Weddle didn’t plan on a career in newspapers. He was supposed to be an English professor, teaching Dickens, Chaucer, or maybe a seminar on James Joyce.
Instead, a scheduling conflict at a community college and a chance conversation with the right person at the right time landed him at the Westmoreland News, a small weekly newspaper in Montross, making grocery store and car dealership ads.
“That’s how I got into newspapers,” Weddle said, adding that he was filling in for someone who went out on maternity leave. “Accidentally. But so far, so good.”
Three decades later, that unexpected turn has taken Weddle to the top job at the Virginia Press Association. He became executive director July 1.
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