Ed Grisamore’s seventh book, Never Put a Ten-Dollar Tree in a Ten-Cent Hole, pays tribute to everything from fatherhood to everyday heroes, as well as good sports and Good Samaritans in a collection of more than 100 newspaper columns and essays. Grisamore, columnist for the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, takes the reader from the smallest church…
Paul Bowers, the 2009 NSNC college scholarship winner, is looking for a job. At least one of our members, Dave Lieber, came to his aid. Bowers wrote to Lieber because they had discussed the future of journalism at the Ventura, Calif., conference where the student received his award. “My future is fast approaching,” he said,…
By Ben S. Pollock NSNC President A huge columnist controversy — looking to be the worst in years — began in mid-March, only it turned out to be so puny it ran its course in days. It seemed a microcosm to our desperate economic times and the end of newspapers as we know them: A…
Syndicated columnist W. Bruce Cameron has been named 2011 Columnist of the Year by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Cameron, an award-winning humor writer, best-selling author and popular speaker, will be honored at the organization’s 35th annual conference, which is being held in Detroit June 23-26, 2011. In announcing the award, NSNC President Ben…
Columnists’ Academy Self-Promotion as an Act of Generosity By Man Martin, Atlanta, Georgia When authors see their novel in print from a big publishing house, they often naively believe that the publicist is going to make sure it rises to the top of the best seller list, lands in the hands of Oprah, and is…
Philadelphia columnist James Smart’s unusual new novel, “Adonijah Hill’s Journal,” is the true-to-history diary of a fictional reporter for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in 1876. In the heavily researched “diary,” Jim recreates the days when journalists wrote by hand, and covered the city before there were telephones and autos. The fictitious Hill covers crime, fires…
A number of people have let us know about new blogs that we are invited to visit. Charles Davis, University of Missouri Associate Professor, has a site featuring news and tips on Freedom of Information, something all journalists are interested in. NSNC member Susan Young has a new blog offering advice on elder issues, and…
That sound of tires screeching that you hear is Scott Burgess, Detorit News auto critic, laying rubber as he returns to his old job. Burgess quit March 14 when the editors asked him to “soften” a column that was highly critical of the hot-shot Chrysler 200. Apparently, garaging the column not what the Detroit News…
If you know what the title of this article means, you are probably now in the majority of English language users. Yes, these abbreviations, formerly the property of young people sending text messages, are now considered actual words. Who says, you say? Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, as they define themselves in their own dictionary.…
The “American Idol” host told millions of viewers Wednesday night that Hitsville USA — the iconic Motown Music headquarters — is in the suburbs. But visitors to the 2011 “Rebound In Motown” NSNC conference will see for themselves that Barry Gordy’s two-story frame house where the musical magic happened is right on Detroit’s West Grand…
The Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication announced that it will induct three new members into its Hall of Fame. This year’s honorees include long-time NSNC member, Smiley Anders. Smiley has worked for The Advocate, a newspaper in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, since 1973 and has written a column six days per week since…
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This isn’t a presidential election year but other important offices will be on the ballot for the NSNC general membership meeting, held in conjunction with the annual conference in Detroit. That meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 26, 2011. Members will vote for five officers, who serve two-year terms and are members of the Board…
Scott Burgess, Detroit News auto writer, has quit his job because a highly critical column was edited, according to Ray Wert of the popular auto blog, Jalopnik. The blog claims that the edit was due to pressure from auto advertisers who did not like Burgess’ assessment of the Chrysler 200. The Chrysler 200 is the…
Lester Holt, NBC news, and his crew revealed today that they were exposed to radiation while covering the earthquake disaster in Japan. While covering the nuclear power plant damaged by the tsunami and earthquake, the crew was forced to retreat due to an increased threat of radiation from the site. After returning to Tokyo, Holt was scanned…
McCormick Foundation underwrites pilot program for new API series on ‘Building Your Journalistic Brand’ RESTON, Va. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded the American Press Institute a grant to help launch a new series of regional workshops on “Building Your Journalistic Brand.” The one-day program focuses on how journalists can…
Famous interview subjects rip off their microphones and storm off the “60 Minutes” set. With that, the interview is over. These are called “walk-offs” and are practically a tradition at “60 Minutes” according to 60 Minutes Overtime an internet site that “begins where the television broadcast ends.”
