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!
By Dave Astor Archivist National Society of Newspaper Columnists The NSNC’s annual conferences predictably feature great speakers and panels. Making the meetings even more interesting are unpredictable occurrences: surprising words out of speakers’ mouths, quirky field trips, spontaneous happenings in the hotels, and more. Below are many examples of standout moments from the past 25…
Special thanks to THE CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART! FREE entrance is granted to NSNC attendees on Thursday, June 8 and on Sunday, June 11, 2017. NSNC attendee names will be given to the museum’s front desk. Hours of operation: Thursday and Sunday, 11 am – 5 p.m. (Jazz Brunch opens at 10 a.m. and…
By Dave Lieber Dallas Morning News columnist First, I write the column. This is about what’s next. Did Breslin do this? * I write the headline. If I fail on this and nobody likes my headline, all the work I did for a 900-word column goes to the crapper. I know this from…
Suzette Martinez Standring is one of the busiest members of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. She bylines a syndicated spirituality column and writes a blog, she has authored two award-winning books widely used in journalism classes, she speaks at national workshops and conferences on a variety of writing topics, hosts a cable TV show…
President’s Message By Lisa Smith Molinari NSNC President By now, you’ve seen the social media hubbub about #NSNC17 – the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2017 Annual Conference being held June 8-11 at the Downtown Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. The $299 reduced conference registration rate for NSNC members ended at midnight on April…
This is the 18th in a series of articles about recipients of the NSNC’s annual Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award. By Dave Astor Archivist National Society of Newspaper Columnists Carl Hiaasen is a columnist, novelist, and on the list…of Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award winners. The multitalented writer received the honor at our 2010 conference…
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…
