California News Publishers Association

CNPA's mission statement reads: To champion the ideals of a free press in our democratic society, and to promote the quality and economic health of California newspapers.

[citation needed]The association influences legislation on behalf of free speech in Sacramento, sponsors an annual newspaper contest and convention, and offers seminars on media law, production, writing and editing, advertising, and circulation.

CNPA also sponsors an annual Campus Excellence in Journalism offering separate divisions of competition for high schools, 2-year colleges, and 4-year universities.

In July 2007, the CNPA intervened in litigation on the side of requiring Vista, California to release the names of 111 employers who use day-laborers.

[1] The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request with the court asking that the names be withheld, and a judge granted a temporary restraining order.