Congratulations! The night arrived and on a summer’s eve in Bloomington the NSNC 2010 contest winners were announced. For those who were not able to attend, myself included, I wanted to personally share the great news with each of you. — Cynthia Borris, 2010 NSNC Contest Chair General Interest Greater than 100,000 Circulation 1st place: [...]
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Search #NSNC for conference coverage on Twitter
Read the tweets (and see the first photos) about the conference (even if you’re not on Twitter) by… 1. Go to http://search.twitter.com/ 2. Type #NSNC into the search engine 3. Scroll through the pages of them, and click the links to see the photos And if you write something about the conference, post it to [...]
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Mike Leonard: “Welcome to Bloomington”
UPDATE: See comments on the article and Audio of Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly slamming Mike Leonard and IU researchers at a past conference. As Dave Lieber was overheard saying at the Conference, “How often do we get welcomed to a city on the front page of the local?” Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Mike Leonard column: My [...]
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Awards, Ernie Pyle, and Tibetan Center highlight day
Ernie Pyle was an alumnus of Indiana University. Columnists heard authorities on Pyle’s work speak on appreciating the work of the famous correspondant. . . . . . Conference attendees visited the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington where they ate traditional Tibetan food and met Arjia Rinpoche, Director of the Center and author. . [...]
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The 2010 Sitting Duck Award to BP Executives
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — BP executives, who made up more unbelievable stories than a newsroom full of columnists on a slow news day, have won the 2010 Sitting Duck Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. “‘It’s the early bird that usually gets the worms,’ to paraphrase founding columnist Benjamin Franklin, but in this case [...]
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34th Annual Conference
NSNC President Samantha Bennett opens the conference. “Yes, you can teach old dogs new tricks…with enough treats.” says Sam. (left photo) . . . . . Derek Wilson, a senior at Ball State University who took First Place in the NSNC Student Scholarship Contest, is presented with the college scholarship and first prize of $1000 [...]
Announcements
Board meets – Detroit site of next Conference
The Board of Directors met Thursday prior to the Bloomington Conference with a quorum present and VP Ben Pollock presiding due to the delay in arrival of the president. Several items of business were discussed, including resuming the formerly popular silent auction which supported the Education Foundation. A volunteer is needed to run the auction if it [...]
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School of Journalism extends Welcome
The Indiana University School of Journalism welcomes the National Society of Newspaper Columnists as it stages its annual conference in Bloomington July 8-11. An article is posted on the Indian University website. The School of Journalism is one of the sponsors of the conference, along with Indiana University, The Herald-Times, Schurz Communications, VisitBloomington.com, Nick’s English [...]
Member News
Standring lands TV Show
A new TV show, It’s All Write with Suzette, will share tips into the art of column writing, hosted by Suzette Martinez Standring on Milton (MA) Cable Access TV (Channel 8). The half-hour segment will feature writing advice, sample columns and featured columnist guests who will share insights into the writing process. The estimated [...]