Texas well represented in National Newspaper Association, foundation

At the recent NNA/NNAF meeting in Detroit, Michigan, outgoing National Newspaper Association Foundation  President Randy Keck received his past president plaque from his successor Jeanne Straus, president and publisher of Straus News, a local media group based in Chester, New York.

DETROIT – Randy Keck of Aledo has completed his term as president of the National Newspaper Association Foundation, but Texas remains well represented on the boards of both the NNAF and NNA.

Both groups installed new officers and directors at the recent NNA/NNAF Convention and Trade Show in Detroit.

Succeeding Keck as NNAF board president is Jeanne Straus, president and publisher of Straus News, a local media group based in Chester, New York. Keck will remain on the board as past president.

Other NNAF board officers include Texas Center for Community Journalism Director Austin Lewter, treasurer, and Janice Ware, The Atlanta (Georgia) Voice, vice president.

Installed as chairman of NNA is Jeremy Gulban, CherryRoad Technologies of Parsippany, New Jersey, whose company has nine newspapers in Texas. Other new officers are Peggy Year, Cedar County News in Hartington, Nebraska, treasurer; and Peggy Scott, Leader Publications in Festus, Missouri, vice chair.

NNA directors include Louis Mullen, Blackbird LLC, Buffalo, Wyoming; Patrick Wood, Multi Media Channels LLC, Green Bay, Wisconsin; Jeff Mayo, Cookson Hills Publishers, Sallisaw, Oklahoma; Bradley Thompson, Detroit (Michigan) Legal News; and Jeff Patterson, Adams Multimedia, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also serving are Dennis DeRossett, appointed as the state press representative; Brett Wesner, Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma, chair of the Public Policy Oversight Committee; Matt Paxton, The News-Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky, Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee chair, and Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, San Fernando (California) Valley Sun, NNA past chair.