New Jersey native, Penda Howell, joins circle of NNPA publishers

Former Amsterdam News VP takes the helm at New Jersey Urban NewsBy D. Kevin McNeir& Special to the AFRODuring the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) mid-winter conference, held earlier this year in January, six new publishers were approved as members of the historic organization, often referred to as “The Black Press.”Penda Howell is one of six new publishers to join the National Newspaper Publishers Association in 2024. Credit: Courtesy photoThe newest members of the NNPA, attending their first national convention June 19 – 22 in Baltimore, and the publications they represent include: Dale Edwards, of the Cleveland American News, in Cleveland; David Mark Greaves, of Our Time Press, in Brooklyn; Cary Wheelous, of Hayti, in Durham, N.C.; Penda Howell, of the New Jersey Urban News, in Newark, N.J.; D. Etta Wilcoxon, publisher of The Renaissance Observer, in Detroit and James DuBose, publisher of In the Black Network, in Woodland Hills, Calif.& The Black Press and its legacy can be traced back to 1827, when Freedom’s Journal, America’s first Black-owned and operated periodical, began publication.Others would soon follow in the footsteps of& Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm, the founders of Freedom’s Journal, including Philip Alexander Bell, who printed the Colored...