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The '''Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh''' is a governmental institution to co-ordinate study and research in [[journalism]], in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Press Academy to work for value-based journalism|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/22/stories/2004122205560300.htm|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=22 December 2004}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It was founded on 24 February 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=RTI Act press Academy of A.P|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/Quick%20Links/Departments/General%20Administration/A%20P%20Press%20Academy/RTI%20Act/Index.html|website=www.aponline.gov.in|accessdate=11 October 2016}}</ref> K.Srinivasa Reddy was the first chairman of the academy.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Suresh Perera|title=ICFAI gives deprived kids an English education Part II|url=http://www.island.lk/2005/07/24/features11.html|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=www.island.lk}}</ref> By 2005, the academy had digitalised 16-[[lakh]] pages of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals published from [[British India|pre-independence]] to [[History of the Republic of India|post-independence]], up to 1977.<ref>{{cite news|title=Digitised newspapers on Press Academy website|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/11/stories/2005101119780300.htm|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 October 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Press Academy moots journalism varsity|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/press-academy-moots-journalism-varsity/article2310466.ece|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=31 July 2011|language=en-IN}}</ref> Devireddy Sreenath currently serves as the chairman of the academy who was appointed in 2019<br />
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