Journalism and Communication: Organizations

The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press.

Founded in 1947, the American Association for Public Opinion Research is the leading association of public opinion and survey research professionals. The AAPOR community includes producers and users of survey data from a variety of disciplines.

A not-for-profit organization created to promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication. Publishes American Communication Journal.

ACP is the oldest and largest national membership organization for college student journalists.

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) is a diverse group of 130 alternative news organizations covering every major metropolitan area and other less-populated regions of North America.

Central States Communication Association (CSCA) is a professional, academic organization of primary and secondary school teachers, students, college and university professors, and communication professionals.

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is committed to improving the quality of science news reaching the public.

Promotes Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industrial and Academic areas, covering all the aspects of Speech Communication (Acoustics, Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, etc.)

Extensive list of links to professional journalism organizations compiled by the American Journalism Review

The NASW was formally incorporated in 1955 with a charter to "foster the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public."

The National Communication Association advances communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry.

The Society of Professional Journalists is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.

The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for news media professionals and visual communicators – specifically those who create print/web/mobile publications and products.

The Society for Technical Communication is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of technical communication. Technical communicators research and create information about technical processes or products directed to a targeted audience through various forms of media.