Should You Be A Member?

NAI’s primary purposes are to influence state legislation, provide information and training to its members, and coordinate certain joint advertising efforts. Dues are exceptionally reasonable.

NAI 2024-2025 Annual Membership Fee Schedule:

  • Daily newspapers with a total circulation:   30,000+ $6,500
  • Daily newspapers with a total circulation:   10,000 to 29,999 $5,500
  • Daily newspapers with a total circulation:    5,000 to 9,999, $2,500
  • Daily newspapers with a total circulation:    Up to 4,999 $2,000
  • Weekly newspapers with a total circulation:  5,000+ $1,500
  • Weekly newspapers with a total circulation:  Up to 4,999 $600

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The Newspaper Association of Idaho offers two levels of membership:

1. Professional

To qualify as a professional member, a newspaper must meet the following standards:

  • Been in continuous operation for not less than two (2) years before applying for membership.
  • Have a paid circulation (including print and online subscriptions) regularly published within the State of Idaho, holding a publication permit (second-class mailing privileges) and eligible to print city, county, and state legal advertisements and notices; or
  • Publish news (including print and online subscriptions) pertaining to the state of Idaho prepared by the local staff or purchased from recognized news sources and have a paid circulation of one thousand (1,000) or more in at least one Idaho county, not less frequently than once per week.
  • Publishes an annual statement of ownership and proof of circulation based on a Post Office statement, recognized audit agency, or notarized statement.

2. Allied Professional

This category of membership is for publications that do not qualify as professional members but meet the following standards:

  • Its principal office is located in Idaho.
  • It is published in a regularly accepted newspaper format at least weekly or 50 times yearly.
  • At least seventy-five (75) percent of news content is prepared by the local staff or purchased from recognized news sources and involves news of general and regional interest.
  • Has been continuously published for at least two (2) years before applying for membership.
  • Publishes an annual statement of ownership and proof of circulation based on a Post Office statement, recognized audit agency, or notarized statement.

Allied Professional members do not qualify to vote or hold office in NAI.

We also offer memberships to student newspapers and provide for affiliate and honorary memberships. Please feel free to contact us if you need more information.

MEMBERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION:

Stephanie Kellam, Membership Coordinator

skellam@lmtribune.com, or (208) 848-2284.