The Colorado Press Association is a
non-profit association
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dedicated to promoting the
newspaper industry in Colorado.
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History
The Colorado State Press Association was formed in
Denver
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
,
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, on August 8, 1878.
In 1889,
J.D. Dillenback of the
Western Newspaper Association pushed the Colorado Press Association in a new direction, advocating that the CPA should work to raise the professional standards of
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...
in the state.
In 1920 the Colorado Press Association elected its first female president, Lois F. Allen.
See also
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Denver Press Club
The Denver Press Club, located at 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, is the oldest press club in the United States. Journalists first met in 1867, and the club was incorporated in 1877.
History
Members first met in the basement of Wolfe Londone ...
References
External links
Colorado Press Association Website{{Authority control
Mass media in Colorado
Organizations established in 1878