Michele Kay of the Austin American-Statesman died Feb 16, 2011, after a four-decade career in journalism. She served as the business editor and reporter for the paper, as well as an editorial writer, Washington correspondent, and Texas State Capitol reporter. Political consultant Bill Miller described her as tough as nails, a reporter who didn’t put…
CBS correspondent Lara Logan suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating while covering the celebration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for “60 Minutes.” The assault occurred on Friday, February 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. CBS News issued a statement regarding the incident on Tuesday, February 15. Logan became separated from…
Wayne Rouse is a columnist currently making a big splash in the book-writing world. He is a contributing humor columnist for Metrosource magazine, the largest gay magazine in NYC and LA. His essays and articles have appeared in numerous national magazines, as well as on CBC Radio One in Canada, Chicago Public Radio and Michigan…
The major topic of discussion at the Sunday evening meeting of the Board of Directors was the upcoming conference in Detroit. Conference Chair Brian O’Connor of the Detroit News filled in the board on details in the works at the current time. The theme of this year’s conference is “Rebound in Motown.” Along those lines, O’Connor…
Liz Pulliam Weston, author of several personal finance books, syndicated columnist and the most-read personal finance writer on the Web, will lead a panel on “Building Your Personal Brand” at the NSNC Annual Conference in Detroit. Liz has just published a new book and will include a stop at our conference as part of a…
‘We Remember When’: Memoirs from Milton’s Fuller Village As published in The Patriot Ledger – Feb 8, 2011 MILTON – Residents of the Fuller Village senior residence have ccmpiled a collection of personal memories that go back as far back as World War I and the Depression. It includes stories about their coming of age, including…
Dear friends: Although there’s still snow on the ground here in Kansas City, I’m thinking of summer weather, specifically the week of July 4-10 in the red rock hills of northern New Mexico, where I’ll be teaching a weeklong Ghost Ranch writing seminar called “Restless Hearts: Writing Our Way Toward Home.” Home is not necessarily…
Margaret Caldwell is a columnist for the Desert Valley Times, Mesquite NV, a Gannett, publication. She celebrated her 104th birthday on February 1st and is believed by many to be the world’s oldest living columnist. Often we associate old age with loss of health and vitality, but Margaret says she is feeling well in spite…
NSNC members have a special invitation from Dave Lieber to attend a FREE telephone conference that he is hosting for British authors who want to “sell more books at the back of the room”. Dave Lieber is a long-time NSNC member, Secretary of the NSNC Education Foundation, and watchdog columnist for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.…
As the rage and fury of angry people too long living under supression continues to errupt in Egypt, we wonder what took place that led to the violent events of today. Years ago, Bill Tammeus, NSNC past president, visited Egypt on assignment by The Kansas City Star. His column written then and first published by The…
you, the columnist My-picture-on-top-of-the-column-syndrome By Dave Lieber Columnists.com The other day I was insecure about something. I got zero comments beneath my column on my newspaper’s website for what I thought was a pretty good column. Then I clicked on the comments for my columnist colleague at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bob Ray Sanders.…
Journalists covering Egypt’s turmoil have been shouted at, threatened, attacked and beaten while trying to cover the story in Egypt. Correspondents have been sprayed with pepper spray, hit in the head and subjected to various other acts of violence by those supporting President Hosni Mubarak. The protests became increasingly violent Wednesday when supporter of the…
Ben S. Pollock NSNC President Columnists get labeled as opinionated. This was brought home again after the Tucson shooting. Americans saw on the air and online — come on, paper? — as many pundits as politicians (and rarely people with facts, like FBI spokesmen). The funny thing is, few NSNC members are op-eddies. The society…
Egyptian authorities have attempted to halt live broadcasts from Cairo. According to the New York Times, shaky and grainy pictures have been sent using an undisclosed backup system. The best television coverage of the protests came from Al Jazeera English, one of the most influential broadcast networks in the Arab world. Al Jazeera it is not…
About 30 journalism students from Indiana University visited the Ernie Pyle State Historical Site recently. The site is closed and half of the letters, and many of the uniforms, World War II era gear and other artifacts have been removed. The materials are warehoused in Indianapolis, where state museum officials say they will be utilized in…
In his other life as a journalist, Greg Rummo writes a Sunday column for several newspapers in New Jersey including The Suburban Trends, a newspaper published in his hometown of Butler, NJ by North Jersey Media Group (www.northjersey.com ). Rummo invites you to visit his website; www.gregrummo.com for a sampling of recently published columns and feature articles. He sends out an “html”…
