Mississippi Press Association

[1][2] The founders were J. L. Power, P. K. Mayers, J. S. Hamilton, A. J. Frantz, J. J. Shannon, J. M. Partridge, B. W. Kinsley, F. T. Cooper, and E. M.

[5] The for-profit business subsidiary, Mississippi Press Services, was founded in 1978.

[8][5] Affiliates do not meet the full criteria for membership but still receive some association benefits.

[1][10] It also hosts conferences and conventions, offers a legal hotline, a job bank for professional employment, a lending library, and newspaper awards.

[12] Erle Johnston of The Scott County Times was elected in 1949 as the youngest president ever of the association.

The Mississippi Press Association's first meeting was held in the statehouse in Jackson, Mississippi .