AAN Membership Application
All Regular membership applications for publications must be submitted by June 15, 2024 for consideration in calendar year 2024. Individual, Affiliate and Associate membership applications are accepted throughout the year. 

If you have any questions or need additional information please write Association Manager Todd Stauffer. We're happy to help!
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Publication/Organization Name *
Contact Name *
Contact Job Title
Email *
Mailing Address
Phone *
Publication Website *
Publication Twitter Handle
Other Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
Print Circulation and/or Weekly Web Traffic *
Publishing Schedule/Frequency
Membership category you are applying for, per the AAN Bylaws.

Choose Affiliate or Affiliate and Regular if you would like to be considered immediately (within the next month) for membership that qualifies you for all benefits other than those reserved for voting members.

Regular membership applications are considered once per year and approved by the membership at the conference's Annual Meeting.

There is no additional cost for choosing "Affiliate and Regular" you simply get Affiliate consideration first, then Regular consideration in the annual cycle.
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Why do you feel this is the best category for your organization? *
Ownership Disclosure (Required by Article I, Section 7 of the AAN Bylaws): Please list the names of all persons or entities owning, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, at least one percent of the applying organization , and any other media properties in which they have an interest. Include the ownership percentage and location of each additional holding. *
Do you share office space, staff, a rate card or resources with another publication, organization or media company? *
If the answer is yes, please specify what resources are shared and the name of the publication or media entity with which you share them.
Has the media organization been published for at least six months prior to January 1, 2021? *
Approximately what percentage of your editorial content consists of unique material that your organization has created/commissioned (i.e. not syndicated columns, aggregated stories, etc.)?
What percentage of your content is news-oriented? (not arts and entertainment news but community-oriented news, such as political coverage, investigative reporting, and/or coverage of local issues.)
Issues Submitted:  Print publications should list cover dates, and online publications should indicate go-live dates and URLs. Print publications may include a URL for an online-only web feature or story that your organization is particularly proud of.  Publication date, issue one:
Publication date, issue two:
Publication date, issue three:
Optional link for print publication's online extra:
Publisher - name, phone, email *
Editor - name, phone, email *
Advertising Director - name, phone, email
Art Director - name, phone, email
What do you hope your organization will gain from membership in AAN? *
What does your organization bring to the Association that will help strengthen the independent press? *
Describe the community you are serving, whether that’s a town/city, a group of people sharing an interest, or both. *
How is your organization an alternative or independent voice or thought leader in your community, and what about it makes it an alternative publication? (Please be as specific as possible) *
I have read the AAN Bylaws and understand the Membership Committee will make a non-binding recommendation on this application to the General Membership at the Annual Meeting. *
AAN offers reduced dues for Startup publications (those who have never made over $250,000 in gross revenue per year) and, on a case-by-case basis, to publications that have encountered a dramatic loss in revenues recently.

Are you requesting the Startup/Reduced dues level? *
If you answered yes, please estimate your approximate annual revenues for the coming year.
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