APME Foundation Directors |
The APME Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1988 to receive tax-exempt gifts to carry out educational projects for the advancement of newspaper journalism.
Every year since 1994 an auction has been held at the annual conference to benefit the foundation. Proceeds help support NewsTrain, a regional, low-cost training opportunity around the country and other practical education tools promoting the First Amendment, innovation and diversity in newsrooms.
President Laura Sellers, The Daily Astorian (retired), Astoria, Ore.
Board members:
Vice President: Bill Church,GateHouse News Media
Secretary: Jim Simon,Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaii
Treasurer: Dennis Anderson, Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
Past President Alan Miller, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
Deanna Sands, retired, Omaha, Neb.
Karen Magnuson, Democrat and Chronicle Media Group, Rochester, N.Y.
Executive Director: Sarah Nordgren, The Associated Press |
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