CONTACT:
Ginny McCabe
Executive Director, NSNC
NSNCdirector@gmail.com
For Immediate Release
National Society of Newspaper Columnists Announces Elected Officers
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) recently elected its Board of Directors. Members voted on the positions via an online ballot.
The NSNC Board of Directors is pleased to present the following officers:
President: Meredith Cummings
Immediate Past President: Lori B. Duff
Vice President: Adam Earnheardt
Secretary: Telly Halkias
Treasurer: Suzette Standring
At-Large: Tony Norman
Historian/Archivist: Mike Leonard
Contest Director: Joanne Brokaw
Additionally, Chris Carosa, a past NSNC president, will continue in an At-Large role.
New and continuing board officers have assumed their roles, which were announced at the October 9 board of directors meeting. Following an exhaustive search and canvassing by the NSNC Nominating Committee, the 2024-2025 election slate was sent to members in August and the voting closed mid-September.
Meredith Cummings, NSNC’s newly elected president, is an award-winning freelance multimedia journalist. She is a longtime columnist for various outlets across the country and writes book reviews for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Cummings is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Journalism at Lehigh University. She previously served as the vice president of the organization for the past two years.
About National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC)
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists is a 501(c)6 nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of California. The NSNC promotes professionalism and camaraderie among columnists and other writers of the serial essay, including bloggers. NSNC advocates for columnists and free-press issues. Connect with NSNC online at www.columnists.com.
