Who are the top 25 pundits? Check it out. From Right Wing News, a list of the 25 Best Conservative Columnists of 2010 (Dec 2010) . From The Daily Beast, the Left’s Top 25 Journalists (Feb. 2010)
Top 25 – Left and Right
So You Want to be a Journalist
Funny but sad animated cartoon on the state of the journalism biz… Created By BrooklynLee – Dec. 12, 2010 -http://www.xtranormal.com/ Via Muck Rack Daily http://muckrack.com/
Detroit Conference – June 23-26, 2011
Final touches have been put on the contract for the 2011 Columnists Conference in Detroit, scheduled for June 23-26 at the Westin Book-Cadillac. Make your reservation now. Room rate is $124 per night plus tax. Amenities will include discounted valet parking and free in-room Internet access. The discounted rate – the current charge to book…
Brenda Starr Retired
Star reporter, Brenda Starr, will be retired from newspapers on January 2nd. Like many other reporters, she is unable to survive the shrinking comic page as the newspaper industry declines. Brenda Star is a long-lived cartoon character, have survived over 70 years of assignments. The cartoon was syndicated in over 250 papers during its peak…
NSNC Board Meets
The NSNC Board of Directors met December 13th with a quorum of members present and President Ben Pollock presiding. The major item of discussion was the 2011 Conference in Detroit. Conference Chair Brian O’Connor reported that the hotel contract with Westin-Cadillac, a five diamond hotel, has been finalized. Amenities included in the contract are free…
Jersey Columnist Is “Top Blogger”
Tracy Beckerman won first place in Lifetime Television’s “The Balancing Act” Top Blogger contest. She was one of 20 bloggers who were selected to vie for the title of Top Blogger. “The other participants were all incredible blogging forces of nature and I had been convinced that my chances of winning were slim to none”…
Charleyworld Returns
Funny guy, Charles Memminger writes us with some news: Aloha family, friends and “others”, I’m happy to announce that my humor column, Charleyworld, has found a home at Hawaii’s fastest growing Internet news site: the Hawaii Reporter. Charleyworld will be posted weekly, filling in the huge satire, sarcasm, irony, facetiousness, politically-incorrect musings and gecko commentary…
Grinch vs. Seniors’ Bingo
The Grinch is alive and well at The Claremont Apartments in Arlington, Texas, where management sent a warning letter to some elderly residents who write and edit a newsletter called The Good Neighbor. According to the management, it violates their lease and could result in “further action”. Dave Lieber of the Fort Worth Star Telegram…
Ho-Ho-Horowitz – Holiday Parody
Another hilarious Christmas political satire from NSNC member, Rick Horowitz. Go viral for the holidays — sing along, and share the link! But…could that actually be a vintage aluminum tree with satin balls behind Rick?
Chan Featured in Asian Weekly
Wayne Chan, member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the NSNC, recently received a great write up in Northwest Asian Weekly. Wayne is a syndicated humor columnist born in the US to conservative Chinese parents from mainland China. Chan is an American, but I growing up in a Chinese family made him feel a…
Food, Shelter, and Columns
President’s Message By Ben S. Pollock NSNC President One morning I woke up presuming I could start this month’s column with, “Hello, I have a story to tell,” and wing it. I didn’t have a clue where to go from there, though. It’s OK not to have a story. I figured out a principle…
Son of Erma Bombeck has Kidney Transplant
Dayton Daily News reported that Matt Bombeck, youngest son of beloved humor columnist Erma Bombeck, recently underwent a kidney transplant. Erma Bombeck inspired people worldwide with her columns and books about life’s trials and tribulations. The polycystic kidney disease that made the transplant necessary is an inherited condition. This same disease is the one that…
Guide to Publishing Your e-Book
you, the columnist By Dave Lieber Fort Worth Star-Telegram Columnist www.YankeeCowboy.com Are you ready to publish an e-book? When I decided this summer to jump in to this rapidly-growing market, I searched the Internet for an up-to-date guide showing how to do it yourself, who to contact and what the difficulties are. Couldn’t find one.…
Astor: How to Lose Your Loyal Subscribers
Dave Astor scored again with his Huffington Post article on how a newspaper can alienate loyal subscribers. The basic steps are loosely listed below, but Astor tells it much better and much funnier. STEP 1 – Have a newspaper that is not bad as dailies go, and doesn’t cost much. STEP 2 – Buyout half…
Video: Suzette Interviews Zezima
It’s All Write With Suzette, Guest: Jerry Zezima – Humor Writing from Suzette Standring on Vimeo. It’s All Write With Suzette is a how-to writing program for novice and seasoned columnists covering various aspects column writing and book authorship.
Print Magazines vs. Internet
Major magazines have been attempting to promote the print version of their publications. They have been running an ad campaign to promote print versions rather than digital format according to an article in the New York Times. Ads seem to actually attack the Internet. For example, one part of the ad campaign says, “Magazines don’t…
A Question of Journalistic Ethics
Newspaper Guild President Bernie Lunzer questions a newspaper’s decision to seek corporate donations to fund a trip to Afghanistan. Lunzer reports, “A financial arrangement between The New Hampshire Union Leader – the state’s largest daily newspaper – and several Granite State businesses that has allowed the paper’s publisher to report from Afghanistan is pushing the…