CWA Purpose
A group of professional business press editors and newspaper journalists, writing for and about the construction industry, recognized the need for a professional organization like Construction Writers Association (CWA). The organization has grown since its inception in 1958 and embraces many diverse professionals and mixed media in the building industry. Today, CWA is an international organization for journalists, writers, editors, public relations, marketing, and communications professionals serving the information needs of the construction industry. The association strives to provide educational benefits to its members.
- Lend prestige and professional status to specialist editors and writers whose business is to cover news of activities and to report on developments in construction, the largest, most dynamic industry in the world.
- Enhance the public's image regarding the construction industry through authoritative, accurate, and unbiased reporting of construction activities and developments.
- Help improve the quality of reporting, writing, editing and photography that appears in the construction business press, press releases concerning construction events, and marketing material promoting construction services and products.
- Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information sources among professional journalists and public relations professionals serving the construction industry.
- Establish an interactive communications network that links the construction business press with design and construction firms, equipment manufacturers and distributors, materials producers and suppliers, building trades and construction unions, professional and technical societies, trade associations, and government information offices.