The Inter American Press Association (IAPA; Spanish: Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, SIP) is a press advocacy group representing major media organizations in North America, South America and the Caribbean.

It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida.

Every year it issues its IAPA/SIP Excellence in Journalism Awards in the fields of cartoon, online news coverage, news coverage, coverage on mobile phones, features, human rights and community service, photography, infographics, opinion, data journalism, in-depth journalism and press freedom.

[4] In 2000 the IAPA inaugurated a new headquarters building, which it named after Jules Dubois, who was Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for 15 years (1950-1965).

[5] The Chapultepec Index is an index on press freedom in the Americas that is created for the Inter American Press Society by the Andrés Bello Catholic University in consultation with various academics, attorneys and media experts in the region.