The top communications organizations for professionals to integrate with include the National Communication Association, the American Communication Association, Association for Business Communication, Society of Professional Journalists, and the Online News Association. Each of these organizations were founded to bring together professional communicators from around the world to network and share their insights on the future of the communications and journalism industries.
National Communication Association
The National Communication Association promotes “free and ethical communication” and partners with other esteemed organizations like the American Council of Learned Societies, Consortium of Social Science Associations, and the Council of Communications Associations. Their target audience includes scholars, teachers, and other educational practitioners who focus on research and teaching.
American Communication Association
While a bit younger than other associations, the American Communication Association works to promotion scholarly works in human communication, communication law and policies, and other evaluation and certification services. The organization focuses on professionals around the world with a background in education and evolving communications technologies. Some of its values includes freedom, openness, transparency, and equality.
Association for Business Communication
The Association for Business Communication is an international organization that works to advance “business communication research, education, and practice.” Its main goals are to strengthen business communication strategies, establish outreach services for its members, and ensure a deep level of ‘internationalization” throughout the organization. The group targets members who work in communication professions to prepare students to improve communication in the workplace.
Society of Professional Journalists
This world-renowned organization began more than 100 years ago to guarantee that the rights of journalists under the First Amendment were guaranteed to them to report the news objectively. They also work at the local and national levels to facilitate requests through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as supports other grass-roots initiatives. The target audience includes professional journalists, journalism educators and students. Membership includes professional development opportunities, access to more than 250 local chapters around the country, and other networking and collaboration options with other communications professionals.
Online News Association
Lastly, the Online News Association provides training and networking opportunities to keep communications and news professionals update on the latest trends related to online journalism. It began in 1999, and serves professional producers, content editors, news directors, reporters, bloggers, and other newsroom decision makers. Membership includes training camps, annual conference, online webinars, and other retreats and chapter meetings.
References
About ACA | The American Communication Association. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.americancomm.org/about-aca
About - Online News Association. (2014). Retrieved from http://journalists.org/about
Association for Business Communication. (2014). Retrieved from www.businesscommunication.org/about
Society of Professional Journalists | Improving and protecting journalism since 1909. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.spj.org
What is the National Communication Association? (2014). Retrieved from https://www.natcom.org/about
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