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TPA Revenue Summits set for Oct. 22 (Knoxville) and Oct. 29 (Nashville)

You are invited to the TPA Revenue Summits for member newspapers in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 22 and in Nashville on Thursday, Oct. 29. 

Note: Sessions for Circulation will be held only at the Knoxville location on Oct. 22.

Note: Ideas Contest Awards 2026 will be presented at the Nashville Revenue Summit

TPA Member cost is $30.00. Lunch provided.  Register Today! 

Ready for New Revenue Ideas? Join Us at a TPA Revenue Summit!

The Tennessee Press Association is bringing member newspapers together for a TPA Revenue Summitfocused on one thing: helping your newspaper make more money.

Join fellow newspaper publishers, advertising leaders and sales professionals for a practical, idea-packed session designed to give you strategies you can take home and put to work.

We’ll explore:

  • Sales Tips That Work – Fresh techniques and approaches to help you sell more advertising and build stronger customer relationships.
  • AI + Revenue – Discover practical ways to use artificial intelligence to improve sales, prospecting, advertising and circulation.
  • Revenue-Producing Special Sections & Projects – Share successful ideas with other TPA members and discover projects you can bring back to your market.
  • Growing Digital Revenue – Learn new ways to package, price and sell digital products—whether you’re a small weekly or a larger newspaper operation.
  • New Revenue Opportunities – Explore products, partnerships and ideas that can create additional revenue beyond traditional advertising.
  • Ideas from Your Peers – Hear what’s working at other Tennessee newspapers and share your own successes.
  • Growing Circulation – How can you sell more newspapers and retain your readers, Subscription drives, sampling and more

This isn’t just another meeting. Come prepared to exchange ideas, find new opportunities and leave with revenue-generating strategies you can start using immediately.

Bring your ideas. Bring your questions. Bring your sales team.

Let’s find new ways to grow newspaper revenue—together.

Register at https://tinyurl.com/TPARevenue2026

National Newspaper Week Oct. 4-10

This marks the 86th year of National Newspaper Week (NNW), which observes the importance of newspapers to communities large and small.

The theme  for 2026 is “Rooted in Community, Committed to Truth.” National Newspaper Week runs Oct.4-10.

NNW is a project of the Newspaper Association Managers. This year’s kit, prepared by the National Newspaper Association, will be available at www.nationalnewspaperweek.com beginning Sept. 10.

TPA sponsors the kit for all of its members to use. In addition to ads, editorials and editorial cartoons will be available for publication.

UT-TPA Tennessee State Press Contests honor journalism across the state

List of 2026 winners may be found here

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Journalists, editors and designers from across Tennessee gathered June 25, 2026 for the annual Tennessee Press Association awards ceremony, which has been co-sponsored by the University of Tennessee System for 86 years. The ceremony honors newspapers, journalists and media organizations for outstanding work in reporting, photography, writing, design and public service.  

Among this year’s winners, the Kingsport Times News received the most first-place awards with eight wins, while the Wilson Post finished second with seven first-place awards.  

The General Excellence Award, the contest’s highest honor, recognizes overall excellence among newspapers within their respective divisions. Winners are determined by a point system based on contest placements throughout the competition. The Standard Banner of Jefferson City earned the award for the sixth consecutive year, while the Chattanooga Times Free Press received the honor for the second consecutive year.  

Other General Excellence Award winners were: 
The Erwin Record
The Nashville Ledger 
Kingsport Times News 

“Local journalism helps tell the stories of our communities while keeping people informed about the issues that matter most in their daily lives,” said Keith Carver, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the UT Institute of Agriculture. “That purpose aligns closely with our land-grant mission. Whether through local newsrooms or university outreach, we share a responsibility to provide trusted, research-based information that serves Tennesseans and helps communities thrive.” 

The ceremony was held during a luncheon at the Embassy Suites in Franklin, which featured 1,088 entries submitted by 68 member newspapers and online publications. Entries were judged by the Maine Press Association through the Tennessee Press Association’s reciprocal judging process.  

First-place winners in the editorial, best single editorial and public service categories received $250 prizes funded by UT’s Edward J. Meeman Foundation. Established in 1968, the foundation supports the contest, provides professional critiques and supports journalism education across Tennessee.  

About the University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a statewide system of higher education with campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Pulaski, Martin and Memphis; the UT Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service. The UT System manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its UT-Battelle partnership; enrolls nearly 65,000 students statewide; produces more than 15,000 new graduates every year; and represents almost 497,000 alumni around the world.

About the Tennessee Press Association

The Tennessee Press Association is the trade association of Tennessee’s daily and non-daily newspapers and online news organizations and it is the parent organization of Tennessee Press Service and Tennessee Press Association Foundation. It was founded in 1870-71 for the purpose of creating a unified voice for the newspaper industry of Tennessee.

Public Notice Awareness Campaign 2025

When we talk to the public, we continue to inform and remind them that Tennessee newspapers
place public notices in print, on the newspaper website and on a statewide public notice website
—www.tnpublicnotice.com.

To that end, we have created a new Public Notice Awareness campaign. We need our members’ help
promoting our tnpublicnotice.com. Both our 2024 and 2025 Public Notice Awareness Campaign ads are available.