• Apply for Cal Press' 2023 Internship Grants Program Today!

      We provide $2,500 grants to select students who demonstrate an exceptional interest in pursuing careers in the news business in California. Since 1996, we have funded 182 internships at California news companies.

       

      Want to be the next Cal Press intern? Apply here.

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      Cal Press is about membership and philanthropy. Membership is free, and members'

      contributions support various Cal Press grants.

       

      These contributions go directly to the support of training and education for high

      school, college, university and professional journalists, both individually and

      institutionally. Additional funding supports historical preservation projects and

      Newspaper in Education programs. Your generous contribution goes toward the general

      funding of all of these programs.

       

      The Cal Press endowment funds internship grants for college students at California

      news companies. Help us assure the future of California journalism by donating today!

    • Membership

      Membership with Cal Press is free and by individual, not company.
       

      As a member of the Cal Press Foundation, your participation provides crucial support, especially as we build new grant and scholarship programs for student journalists throughout the state.

       

      Cal Press welcomes your membership and your support. Your contributions to this 501(c)(3) fiscal organization both secure current programs and support the expansion of the Cal Press mission.


      Member support and contributions help to fund grants that benefit student journalism programs in California.

    • Outreach

      The California Press Foundation arranges visits by newspaper people to campus journalism classes, regional and statewide educational events, and to community civic events around the state.

      Cal Press delegates also take the call in presenting grants to student journalism programs and are enlisted in screening applicants for the association’s internship grants program.

    • Interns

      The California Press Foundation awards grants to select students who demonstrate an exceptional interest in pursuing careers in the media business in California.

      The students must seek and secure the internship on their own at news companies that belong to the California News Publishers Association (CNPA). Internships, which can occur in spring or summer, must be full-time and last at least six weeks.

       

      For a list of former interns click here.

      Equipment Grants

      The California Press Foundation has issued equipment grants to more than 140 campus news programs since 2000. Contributions from individual Cal Press members and supporters provide the grants.

       

      To view the full list of schools that have benefitted from Cal Press Equipment Grants, visit here.

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    • Our History

      One of the earliest press associations in the country, the California Press Association was founded in 1878 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. In 1925 and 1926, the association worked with the Southern California Editorial Association to form a trade organization—the California Newspaper Publishers Association. In 2013, the 136-year-old Cal Press Association merged with the CNPA Foundation, CNPA’s 501(c)(3) charitable division, formed in 1993, to form the California Press Foundation.

      The association also gives public recognition at its annual winter meeting to outstanding newspaper people of the state, past and present, with six of the most coveted awards in California journalism:

      Justus F. Craemer California Newspaper Executive of the Year Award, the Philip N. McCombs Achievement Award, the Jack Bates Award, the Mark Twain Award for Journalism Excellence in California, and the California Newspaper Hall of Fame.

    • Historic Gallery

      The traditions of Cal Press have built a rich archive of memories and images. Here are a few.

    • Directors/Staff

      Officers (affiliations listed for identification purposes only)

      Chair: Dean Eckenroth, Eagle Newspapers, Coronado
      Secretary: Ron Redfern, Riverside
      Treasurer: John Burns, Sebastopol

      Directors (affiliations listed for identification purposes only)

      Jim Boren, CSU Fresno
      Linda Bowen, CSU Northridge
      Paulette Brown-Hinds, Black Voice News, Riverside
      Bruce Brugmann, San Francisco
      Adriana Chavira, Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, Los Angeles
      Becky Clark, Idyllwild Town Crier
      Jim Ewert, Shingle Springs
      Will Fleet, Tracy Press
      Craig Harrington, The Intermountain News, Burney
      Eric Johnston, Aptos
      Gene Lieb, Los Banos
      Steve O’Donoghue, California Scholastic Journalism Initiative, Sacramento
      Darleen Principe, Santa Barbara City College
      Edward Rice, Moreno Valley College
      Brenda Speth, Napa
      Marty Weybret, Lodi

      Staff

      Administrator: Joe Wirt, CNPA Services Inc., Sacramento | (916) 288-6021 | joe@cnpa.com

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