Tag: New Orleans

Rob Nelson’s Farewell Column

Rob Nelson, former reporter for The Times-Picayune and WWL-TV in New Orleans, is leaving to accept a position as a national news anchor in New York. Rob is also our very first NSNC Student Scholarship winner, and as such, we feel a certain amount of paternal pride about his accomplishments.  In today’s paper, Rob writes…

New Orleans 2008

Mike Argento, President

The 32nd annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists “New Orleans, We Haven’t Forgotten.” Mike Argento, NSNC President, opens the 32nd Annual Conference in New Orleans.     Lt. Governor of Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu, says Katrina was a life changing event for the people of New Orleans.  Things are spoken of now in terms of pre-Katrina…

A moment of silence amid loss

Smiley Anders The Advocate, Baton Rouge  It takes a lot to shut up a bunch of columnists. These are people used to expressing their opinions forcefully – and often. On Saturday I was in a bus full of them, and they were finally at a loss for words. At the 32nd annual conference of the…