you, the columnist Social media was built for YOU So why aren’t you doing a better job?   By Dave Lieber NSNC Education Foundation Secretary    I heard somebody say the other day that the only thing social media does for you is make you less social.    Knew you’d like that.    You’re a [...]

I was cleaning out the office the other day and came across my notes from my very first NSNC conference in Portland, Oregon in 1993. I remember it like yesterday.

This April 18, 2010 marks the 15th anniversary of a proclamation by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists establishing the date as National Columnists Day.

We’re nothing without the editors who improve us, who teach us, who save us from ourselves.

Google’s search engine, which accounts for 65 percent of all searches, is trying to compete in real-time with Twitter and Facebook. That means your postings may show up quicker if your Web site catches crawlers or search spiders.

You’re Kelly Kazek, a hard-working small town newspaper editor suddenly living the author’s dream.

The biggest way I can help you now, I believe, is to talk to you about a subject that has been verboten in our world for so long: the dirty subject of making money.

My karma is journalistic in bent. I use karma to get great stories. Here are a few of my karma mantras:
There’s no such thing as a small story or small phone call.
No passion for the writer, no passion for the reader.

Our field is in the midst of an evolution, but we can work things to our advantage. Many of us remain connected to newsrooms, be they local, national or digital.