NSNC Announces Annual Columnist Contest Winners and Finalists

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NSNC Announces Annual Columnist Contest Winners and Finalists

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

Join NSNC and Reap the Benefits!

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!

Top 25 – Left and Right

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)

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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/

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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