Founded in 1929, NAREE is the only professional association for print, digital and broadcast journalists covering commercial and residential real estate.
Media members report on the broad field of real estate including mortgages, finance, capital markets as well as sustainable and resilient building, luxury housing, affordable housing policy and community design and construction. NAREE's active media members are editors, writers, reporters, columnists and producers — on staff and freelancing for bona fide news outlets.*
Benefits of Active Membership
Annual Journalism Competition
First entry is free for NAREE active members.
NAREE’s Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition recognizes excellence in real estate reporting, writing, editing and producing stories and in publications and platforms about residential and commercial real estate. The awards honor both individual journalists and teams. Awards for Best Collection of Work, Best Investigative Report or Series, Best Column, Best Economic Analysis, Best Architecture Story, Best Real Estate Section and Best Real Estate Website are among the honors given. Enter on www.naree.org/jcontest.
HONORS INCLUDE:
Platinum Award: Best Individual Entry $1,000; Kenneth R. Harney Award for Best Real Estate Consumer Education Reporting $1,000; Presidents Award: Best Freelance Entry $500; Ruth Ryon Award: Best Young Journalist Entry $250; Gold Awards in each of 30 categories $250, plus Silver Awards and Bronze Awards.
Journalism Competition Deadline: March 1 for works published the previous year.
Annual Bruss Book Awards
Discounted application fee for NAREE members.
This awards program was created to recognize excellence manifested in the work of real estate authors. Enter books focusing on the broad field of real estate including mortgage finance; home buying and selling; the business of real estate, government housing policy, green building, urban design, investing, architecture, and construction. The competition is open to all published real estate authors.
Gold Award $1,000, Silver Award $500, and Bronze Award 4250, plus Best First-time Author award $250
Book Awards Deadline: April 15 for books published the previous year.
Annual NAREE Bivins Fellowship
All real estate journalists are welcome to apply journalists - application fee is waived for NAREE members.
The NAREE Fellowship is an travel grants program to cover costs associated with NAREE’s Annual conference. It was designed to foster professional development for journalists working for the news divisions of independent media. Apply (here)
No application fee for NAREE active media members.
Fellowship Application Deadline: Normally, May 1 but due to the rescheduled conference date, this year the deadline is October 21, 2020.
• NAREE Network Directory - Posted online in the members only section
NAREE’s Annual Network Directory lists media and industry professionals who have an interest in the broad field of real estate and are NAREE members. Contact information is published alphabetically and by affiliation. All current members receive the NAREE network, and it’s posted in the members only section..
• Annual Conference Book - Posted online in the members only section
NAREE publishes its Annual Conference Program Book for distribution at the conference and posts it online for all members in the members only section. Detailed agendas covering the top real estate issues of the day, plus industry and media speaker biographies and attendees are included in this 50-page source book.
NAREE News and NAREE E-News - Newsletters are archived in the members only section
The NAREE News is a newsletter that includes stories on how the media are covering real estate news and home and design features, and offers ideas for real estate coverage, plus member news and association plans and events. All current members receive NAREE’s newsletter. NAREE- News includes member news and information and is emailed to all members several times a year.
Includes a members only section for job s information and archival information. Find it here: www.naree.org/members-only.
• Annual Conference - Members only - Register on www.naree.org/annual-conference.
NAREE's Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference is held in a different city each year. Industry experts are brought in for panel discussions and press conferences on the latest trends on commercial and residential real estate estate including: mortgages, appraisals, housing — affordable, luxe and sustainable, growth management, urban and suburban design and development, insurance, lending, investment and environmental concerns. Peer-led NAREE University sessions have included: Visuals in Digital Journalism, Working Remotely, Setting up a Freelance Writing Business and Taking It Up a Notch, and Editors Roundtables. Registrants also enjoy networking opportunities.
• Member invitations to Industry Gatherings
NAREE Suites, Receptions, Speaker and Panel Programs and Tours are offered as the schedule permits to foster member networking and skill sharpening as the media gather to cover the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders Show (IBS) in January or February. See NAREE’s Calendar on www.naree.org. NAREE members may meet informally at other real estate-industry related conferences such as the National Association of Realtors, Urban Land Institute, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or International Conference of Shopping Centers, among others, depending on member interest and resources.
* NAREE defines bona fide news outlets as those independent of sponsoring organizations/advertising control, not affiliated with trade associations, lobby groups, PR firms, real estate brokerage companies or any companies in the broad field of real estate – building companies, developers, architects, etc. or governmental entities.
Industry Associate Members
Application for associate membership is open to writers, editors, producers, bloggers, columnists and/or content providers for trade association affiliated publications and real estate industry special interest publications. Publishers, authors, and those who write for independent news outlets in the news division — part-time as a complement to their industry-related jobs — may also apply for associate membership.
Industry associate members also include communication professionals who disseminate information on behalf of real estate-related business interests. NAREE industry associate members include public relations and marketing professionals representing architects, builders, developers, real estate agents, banks, professional trade organizations, computer software publishers, consulting and law firms.
