While continuing to post new information on a continuing basis, we are also making a few changes. One of the more obvious is more “blogs” now being displayed on the front page. In the last few days, we have also made numerous behind the scenes changes to make it easier to navigate so you can…
By Cappy Hall Rearick, NSNC Member On the eleventh morning of this month, we Americans will turn off our alarm clocks, get out of bed, put on the coffee, do our morning rituals and at some point perhaps glance at a calendar. That is when we will remember exactly where we were when we learned…
Award-winning Westport (CT) News columnist Judith Marks-White is the recipient of a 2010 Connecticut Press Club Humorous Article award for “The Light Touch” columns. She said she considers this award special because it emphasizes her love of the satirical essay. Marks-White has been writing her weekly column for the past 25 years. She also freelances…
Effectively immediately, our telephone number and fax number have changed. Our new telephone number is (415) 488-NSNC and our fax number is (484) 297-0336. Please make a note of the new numbers. The free telephone service is from Google (iVoice). When someone calls, the phone will ring to NSNC Director, Leunna Kim. If she…
President’s Message By Ben S. Pollock NSNC President September 2010 Ben Pollock Last year I asked my Facebook friends on my “Wall,” where conversations are texted (Is this English?), “Why are people so upbeat on Facebook?” I’d been on Facebook a few months, having been sold on it by NSNC veteran Dave Lieber (who pushed…
by Sheila Moss, WebEditor In a recent column of advice to journalism students, Robert Niles warned, “Be careful what you post online as it reflects upon the reputation you are trying to build.” As it turns out, truer words were never spoken for Sports Columnist Mike Wise of the Washington Post who got himself in…
Robert Niles Robert Niles, computer and journalism guru, offers his advice to students arriving or returning to journalism schools this fall in the Online Journalism Review. However, what is true for students is also true for anyone trying to build a career in the journalism field. Niles will be recalled as panel member speaking on…
The NSNC Board of Directors met on August 10. A new member at large, Mary C. Curtis, was appointed and welcomed to the board. Linda Caillouet, a former officer on the board, will also return as a member-at-large. A discussion of finances and budget led to some new money-saving suggestions. There was lengthy discussion regarding…
We’re global. Have been for some years. But it’s interesting to look closer at the continent. Click on either map for a closer view. You may have to click twice.
you, the columnist Social media was built for YOU So why aren’t you doing a better job? By Dave Lieber NSNC Education Foundation Secretary I heard somebody say the other day that the only thing social media does for you is make you less social. Knew you’d like that. You’re a…
By Robert Hankins, NSNC Member The Record (Orange, Texas) I always hear doctors and nurses say Hollywood can’t get it right on medical dramas in movies and television shows; lawyers tell me the same thing. I myself have noticed this over the years about the newspaper business. So I’ve compiled this list concerning Tinseltown’s version…
After a Decade, Ohio River Book Back in Print HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The University Press of Kentucky has republished TOWBOAT ON THE OHIO, a book by James E. Casto. Originally published in 1995, the book has been out of print and unavailable for the past 10 years. To get a close, personal look at…
Ben Pollock, who writes Brick on benpollock.com in Fayetteville, Ark., was elected President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists at the closing session of the annual conference at Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, July 11. Pollock, who was Vice President, has served as Archivist and Secretary. He is a copy editor and page designer for the…
By Suzette Martinez Standring, Past President, NSNC Only through the NSNC would I find myself in the bedroom of the Dalai Lama. Ducking into his second floor bedroom came toward the end of an afternoon’s visit by NSNC conference attendees to The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in southern Indiana. I’m here to report that…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — BP executives, who made up more unbelievable stories than a newsroom full of columnists on a slow news day, have won the 2010 Sitting Duck Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. “‘It’s the early bird that usually gets the worms,’ to paraphrase founding columnist Benjamin Franklin, but in this case…
The Board of Directors met Thursday prior to the Bloomington Conference with a quorum present and VP Ben Pollock presiding due to the delay in arrival of the president. Several items of business were discussed, including resuming the formerly popular silent auction which supported the Education Foundation. A volunteer is needed to run the auction if it…
A new TV show, It’s All Write with Suzette, will share tips into the art of column writing, hosted by Suzette Martinez Standring on Milton (MA) Cable Access TV (Channel 8). The half-hour segment will feature writing advice, sample columns and featured columnist guests who will share insights into the writing process. The estimated…
