Special Events Coordinator
National Newspaper Association
127 Neff Annex
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200

• Phone: 573-882-5800
• Fax: 573-884-5490
• E-mail:

SARA R. DICKSON has served as a legislator assistant for Missouri's House of Representatives, administrative assistant for Columbia College's Jefferson City, Mo., campus and a quality control inspector for Maytag. She is currently seeking a master's in public administration at the University of Missouri-Columbia's Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. She graduated in 2005 from Columbia College with a bachelor of science in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing and joined NNA in December of that year. As the association's special events coordinator, Dickson is responsible for the administration of NNA's contests, including the Better Newspaper Contest, Better Newspaper Advertising Contest, the James O. Amos and Emma C. McKinney awards and the Best of Newspaper In Education Contest. She also assists NNA staff with the Annual Convention & Trade Show and other association duties.