The May-June newsletter was emailed to NSNC members on May 15. It features these stories: – NSNC Board Takes Advocacy Position Against Government Abuses of 1st Amendment Freedoms – Columnist-radio Personality Mike Morin is Will Rogers Humanitarian Award Winner – Dave Lieber Writes About “How To Save the Newspaper Column” – Some Suggestions for the [...]
Advocacy
NSNC: AP Records Raid Wrong
The board of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists condemns the Department of Justice’s deliberate disregard of the United States Constitution in its secret confiscation of telephonic records of offices and journalists of The Associated Press. The NSNC board demands strong disciplinary action against those responsible for violating the First Amendment in this manner. The [...]
Conference
NSNC Conference – It’s Not Too Late
Don’t miss out! If you haven’t signed up for the annual conference at Hartford, Conn., June 27-30, you missed out on the early bird registration fee. But that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the other good stuff. You don’t have to miss out on meeting two of America’s most talented writers: [...]
Announcements
2013-15 Slate of Officers Proposed
Columnists and bloggers: Get ready for a rollicking time, as two top humorists — Jerry Zezima and Bill Ervolino — have accepted nominations to run for top spots at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. The NSNC board has accepted a slate of candidates for two-year terms plus a candidate to serve one year, due [...]
Newsroom
Reflections on Marathon Monday
Members of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists felt the shock, anger and sadness from the attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded within seconds of each other at 2:50 p.m. EDT near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring at least 170, The Boston [...]
Nat'l Columnists' Day
National Columnists’ Day 2013: Honoring Ernie Pyle
April 18, Thursday this year, is National Columnists’ Day. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists created this holiday both for members but mainly as a flag to the world, reminding everyone of the journalistic and democratic importance of columns. We chose the date that Scripps Howard columnist Ernie Pyle was shot down in 1945, covering [...]
Newsletter
In the April-May newsletter
In the monthly NSNC newsletter emailed to members at mid-month you’ll find more information about “Lifestyles and the Writing Life” – the annual conference, to be held at Hartford, Conn. June 27-30. Also: Past President Mike Leonard has a story about a controversy over Ernie Pyle Hall on the Indiana University campus. A reminder that [...]
Member News
’11 Lifetime Achievement Winner Roger Ebert Dies
(Four paragraphs have been added at the end of this article.) Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert died Thursday, April 4, 2013, his newspaper reported. Ebert had been the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and his reviews were syndicated in more than 200 newspapers around the world. He won the Pulitzer Prize [...]
Conference
Conference Taps Top Twain Expert
If there’s anything you want to know about Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — author and journalist Steve Courtney can tell you. And he will, if you sign up for the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists at Hartford, Conn., June 27-30. As publicist and publications editor at [...]
Newsletter
In the March-April Newsletter
The newsletter is now being distributed to members at mid-month instead of the first day of the month. March-April, emailed March 15, is a special Conference Preview Issue. Here’s a digest of what you will find: A complete schedule of the 37th annual Conference, to be held June 27-30 at the Hilton Hartford Hotel in [...]
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