Contact: Paul Bergeron, III, Director of Communications, 703/797-0606 or paul@naahq.org
ARLINGTON, Va., April 20, 2011 -- NAA and UNITS magazine combined to earn two national awards from Association Media and Publishing (AMP), a national association representing association publications.
Lauren Boston’s cover story “Resident Refugees: Apartment Living Makes a World of Difference” from August 2010 earned “Silver” In the “Feature Article – 50,001 to 100,000 circulation” category earned a “Silver” award.
Boston’s cumulative weekly blog entries on NAA’s industry-wide blog APTly Spoken took “Bronze” in the “Media Innovation: Blog” category. Each week, Boston, the staff writer for NAA’s UNITS magazine, offers an amusing take on subject matter included in the recent or a future issue of UNITS based on her real-life experiences as a renter or from her childhood.
NAA will be honored on June 1 at AMP’s national meeting in Washington, D.C.
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About NAA: The National Apartment Association (NAA) is America’s leading advocate for quality rental housing. Based in Arlington, Va., NAA’s mission is to serve the interests of multifamily housing owners, managers, developers and suppliers and maintain a high level of professionalism in the multifamily housing industry to better serve the rental housing needs of the public. NAA is a federation of nearly 170 state and local affiliates, comprised of more than 51,000 multifamily housing members representing more than 5.9 million apartment homes throughout the United States and Canada. Members in good standing of any affiliated association are automatically considered members of NAA and entitled to NAA benefits. For additional information, visit www.naahq.org.