Membership: Categories
Group memberships
Call the AHCJ membership coordinator at 573-884-5606 about discounts for newsrooms, college classes or other groups.
June 2010: AHCJ membership guidelines updated, made more inclusive
Professional membership
- Full-time journalists working for independent news organizations.
- Freelance journalists who spend at least 50 percent of their time working for independent news organizations, do not pitch stories to other journalists nor work in any media relations role.
- Journalism school or mass communication faculty
- Trade group writers or editors whose articles appear in publications or Web sites aimed at external audiences. [These applicants must not be involved in writing direct advocacy or promotional material and their jobs cannot entail media relations or pitching stories to other journalists or overseeing employees in those activities. Applicants are required to submit copies or web links of articles and publication for review if asked.]
Benefits: Professional members are eligible for all rights and benefits.
- $60 one-year membership
- $108 two-year membership (Save 10%)
- $153 three-year membership (Save 15%)
Associate membership
- Freelance journalists who spend less than 50 percent of their time working for independent news organizations, do not pitch stories to other journalists nor have any media relations role and who can show they have had at least three stories (online or in print or broadcast or blog posts) published or broadcast in the past year by independent news or trade group organizations.
- Full-time faculty in non-journalism degree programs.
- Officials with nonpartisan/nonprofit and independent foundations that focus on health, health care or journalism issues.
- Retirees who were formally full-time journalists and who are not now working for another organization or freelancing.
Benefits: Associate members are eligible for all rights and benefits except voting, running for board and transition assistance.
Journalists and faculty members:
- $60 one-year membership
- $108 two-year membership (Save 10%)
- $153 three-year membership (Save 15%)
Foundation officials
- $90 one-year membership
- $162 two-year membership (Save 10%)
- $230 three-year membership (Save 15%)
Retirees
- $30 one-year membership
- $54 two-year membership (Save 10%)
- $76 three-year membership (Save 15%)
Student membership
- Full-time graduate or undergraduate students in journalism or nonjournalism studies.
Benefits: Student members are eligible for all rights and benefits except voting, running for board and transition assistance.
- $30 one-year membership
- $54 two-year membership (Save 10%)
- $76 three-year membership (Save 15%)
International membership
Professional journalists from outside the United States and Canada, who are willing to take all mailings electronically, may sign up for half price.
- $30 one-year membership