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!
Someone very special to National Society of Newspaper Columnists is celebrating his 80th birthday this week – Robert Haught. He has had an impressive career as columnist, journalist, correspondent, and political aide. His accomplishments are numerous, yet he remains unassuming and is a dedicated supporter of NSNC. In spite of his retirement from work and writing…
Pete Hamill, well known journalist and author, received an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from St. John’s University. Hamill is best known to members of the National Society of Newspaper columnists as the winner of the NSNC Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, which was presented at the annual conference in Grapevine, Texas. Hamill…
National Society of Newspaper Columnists Education Foundation Secretary, Dave Lieber, reports that the very first winner of our Student Scholarship Contest has just become a national media news anchor. An article on the Nola.com website this morning reported that Rob Nelson, formerly a reporter at the New Orleans Times-Picayune for 7 years, has accepted a…
NSNC sometimes receives inquires from aspiring columnists about how to be a columnist. This answer covers it for almost anyone interested. ——EMAIL—– From: Jameson Date: May 6, 2010 8:06 AM Subject: Becoming a Columnist To: director@columnists.com [This mail was sent via contact form on columnists.com https://www.columnists.com] Message Body: My name is Jameson. I am a…
Dave Barry, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his humor column at the Miami Herald, and a featured guest speaker at the NSNC Conference in Philadelphia in 2007, is still at it and apparently, as funny as ever. He recently did an interview with Bryan Curtis, senior editor, at The Daily Beast. Dave’s latest book is…
A nominating committee appointed by the president has submitted a list of proposed candidates for offices as required by the NSNC Bylaws. This slate of nominees will be presented at the conference with the election scheduled for Sunday, July 11, at the general membership meeting . Here’s the suggested slate from our fantastic nominating committee:…
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…
