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Joining NFPW
Membership in NFPW is a solid investment in your career, providing opportunities to develop your professional skills, receive recognition for your work, network with peers, protect the First Amendment, and nurture the next generation of communicators.
When you join NFPW, you also join the state affiliate (if available). Some affiliates require work samples to be submitted with the application. If your state doesn't have an NFPW affiliate, you may join as an at-large member.
See below for more good reasons to join and instructions for submitting your application.
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How to Join
Sign up now and start networking! When you're a member of NFPW, you'll have supportive colleagues and friends throughout the nation. Just follow these simple steps:
1. Choose membership level:
- Professional: Any communicator actively engaged in any aspect of communications for remuneration.
- Student: Students enrolled full- or part-time in a college or university communications program or related field; and those working in the communications field who are enrolled in classes.
- Retired: NFPW members in good standing for at least five years who no longer receive substantial remuneration for work in the communications field.
- At-large: Communicators living in a state with no NFPW affiliate. At-large members pay only national dues in the professional, student or retired category, and may compete as an at-large entrant in the annual communications contest.
2. Select an affiliate and confirm requirements
Check our list of state affiliates to find one near you. Contact the affiliate to introduce yourself and confirm requirements for membership. Some require work samples to be submitted with the application. You'll compete in the affiliate’s communications contest and are eligible to participate in the affiliate’s activities.
3. Calculate dues total
Check the state dues chart (below) to calculate your total NFPW, state, and local chapter (Kansas only) dues. (At-large members pay only national dues.) Our dues cycle is based on the calendar year. If you join between April and August, you'll receive a $20 coupon toward the following year's dues when you renew. If you join between September and December, dues paid will cover the entire following year
NFPW National Dues
- Professional: $74
- Student: $20
- Retired: $25
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State Affiliate Dues
- State Dues Chart
(.doc | .pdf)
(Updated Dec. 29, 2011)
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4. Submit application, payment, and work samples
Submit your application, payment, and work samples:
- Online: Use our online membership form and pay by credit card on our secure site, then send your work samples (if required) by email.
- By Fax: Use a printable form and pay by credit card. Fax application and work samples (if required) to NFPW at the number below.
- By Mail: Use a printable form, pay by check or credit card, and mail with work samples (if required) to our address below. Make checks payable to National Federation of Press Women.
Application forms:
Mailing Address:
NFPW Membership Department
P.O. Box 34798
Alexandria, VA 22334-0798
Fax: 703-237-9808
5. Start networking!
Please allow 21 days to process your application. When complete, you can log in to the members-only page, get acquainted with your state affiliate, and start contacting fellow NFPW members! Be sure to download your NFPW membership card and carry it proudly!
For more information on joining NFPW, contact us at presswomen@aol.com.
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Good Reasons to Join
- Conference and Professional Development
Hear speakers at the top of their fields and network with peers from across the nation at our annual professional development conference, with a discounted registration rate for NFPW members. Our affiliates host conferences, local meetings, and professional development seminars across the country, throughout the year.
- Job Bank
Get the inside scoop on job openings from coast-to-coast, in all fields of communications — from entry level positions to those for seasoned pros — with our members-only Job Bank.
- Discounted Libel Insurance
Feel more secure with libel insurance at a discounted rate for members. The plan covers legal defense costs, damages and protection from lawsuits. It’s the ideal cost-effective solution for freelancers and those writing independently.
- Education Fund Grants
Apply for a members-only NFPW Education Fund grant to help sharpen your professional skills. The education fund offers a limited number of members-only grants and operates as an entity separate from NFPW.
- First Amendment Network (FAN)
Protect the First Amendment! Sign up for the First Amendment Network (FAN), NFPW’s grassroots e-mail alert system, to notify you when action is needed on First Amendment issues. NFPW members can join at no charge. Non-members pay $100/year.
- Networking
Build your professional network. As communicators move fluidly from one sector to another, your NFPW contacts can give you an edge. Learn about career opportunities in the communications field . . . exchange ideas . . . enjoy support . . . explore job leads . . . learn from a mentor . . . develop friendships. It’s as powerful as you make it!
- Newsletter
Stay current on NFPW and communication issues through AGENDA, our dynamic, full-color quarterly publication. Download the current issue in .pdf format.
- Members-Only Page
Access our nationwide member directory, renew memberships, submit a change of address, download issues of AGENDA, and check on current bylaws, officer duties, forms and other NFPW archival and governance information through our password-protected members-only page. We also offer recruitment and retention ideas and other valuable members-only resources.
- Leadership Development
Sharpen your leadership skills by becoming a leader on the state and national levels. The more involved you are, the more you’ll benefit from NFPW!
- Student Membership
Jump-start your career and start making connections now in your own state or anywhere in the nation. Students can join NFPW at a discounted rate
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