On that note, posting team GPA s is another way to inform the community how well the education and athletics are combined. In most major North American papers there is more coverage given to sport than any other single topic of interest, including business or politics. Sport has increased in coverage and newspapers depend on sport as a topic of news. As our mission states, we need to promote the newspapers, which means the newspapers need to post what the community wants to see. Also, newspapers depend on sport as a basis of circulation and the team GPA s topic is a very interesting subject for that.
Newspapers depend on advertisers as a way of funding the paper.
The sports pages attract advertisers and with interesting stories as team GPA s, it will pull those advertisers to that paper. National Newspaper Association works closely with policy officials to create a legal and regulatory environment conducive to the growth of community newspapers. In the team GPA s story, the individuals GPA s are not listed so their rights are preserved. We are not out to take away privacy rights. The National Newspaper Association provides business and educational programs and services to improve the quality, reach, and relevance of community newspapers throughout the country.