NSNC is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2024 Annual Columnist Contest. Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsKFedu_jH5tYw6_hN1pRltusDBuJ2sX7QIv4hhGp1E/edit?usp=sharing
Hope your New Year is off to an amazing start. We are excited for What’s in-store for NSNC members this year. We will also be launching our annual contest in January, so you’ll want to be sure your membership is up-to-date. Also, if you have ideas, suggestions, etc., please share with our president, Lori Duff, at lori@loriduffwrites.com or myself at nsncdirector@gmail.com Blessings to all!
Greetings! Let me take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Lori B. Duff, and I am your current President. When I’m not writing, I’m a practicing attorney and a part-time Municipal Court Judge. You can find a sampling of what I do on my Authory portfolio here: https://www.authory.com/LoriBDuff. Authory is one of the…
NSNC is looking for programming ideas for online, stand-alone workshops as well as for the NSNC annual conference, which will be held virtually in 2023. We are in search of proposals for meaningful keynotes as well as individual breakout sessions that would be about 50 minutes in length. Please include as much detail as possible…
Thanks to all of you who joined us for the Authory webinar with CEO and Founder Eric Hauch. Authory offers journalists a unique all-in-one solution with a self-updating portfolio page, automated article backups, social media analytics and much more. Or, as a customer put it:“If you write for multiple publications, Authory is a must have.…
Outgoing NSNC President Tony Norman is now a columnist for NEXTpittsburgh, formerly with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tony will be writing a once-a-week column for NP and launching a podcast. He’s also embarked on a new gig as an arts/culture freelancer for Vanity Fair. His first article will run in the October issue, an interview with Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson,…
NSNC members are invited to try Authory and receive a special discount. Authory offers journalists a unique all-in-one solution with a self-updating portfolio page, automated article backups, social media analytics and much more. Or, as a customer put it: “If you write for multiple publications, Authory is a must have. I’d almost considered hiring someone to do this…
Take a look this spectacular slate of speakers! Seats are still available for the in-person Oct. 20-22 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.* Register here. The 2022 workshop will feature New York Times’ bestselling authors, Saturday Night Live legends, Emmy Award winners, Thurber Prize winners, a Moth GrandSLAM winner, the author of the Bible (The New Comedy Bible, that is), screenwriters and a…
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…
Join or Renew Your NSNC Membership Online Whether you write for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, trade journals or you create a podcast or write digital content, or you manage your own blog … whether you’re on staff, a freelancer, syndicated, self-syndicated or independent, if you write opinion or provide commentary, we invite you to join the…
NSNC is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2024 Annual Columnist Contest. Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsKFedu_jH5tYw6_hN1pRltusDBuJ2sX7QIv4hhGp1E/edit?usp=sharing 2024 NSNC Columnist Contest Winners (for work done in 2023) Social Justice 3rd Naomi Ishisaka, The Seattle Times 2nd Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY 1st Amelia Robinson, Columbus Dispatch Crisis Commentary Honorable…
Congratulations to NSNC member Mary C. Curtis who contributed an essay in a just released book of essays: “We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men,” along with other notable women such as Isabel Wilkerson, Donna Brazile, Michelle Duster and Darnella Frazier (a citizen journalist who recorded the George Floyd murder). For more about…
Dave Astor’s third book — “Misty the Cat…Unleashed” — has just been published. It includes several mentions of the NSNC, for which Dave was a board member from 2009 to 2023 and he remains copy editor of the NSNC newsletter. In Dave’s part-factual/part-fictional book, the asthmatic Misty slips his harness during one of his daily leashed walks…
