Celebrate the joy of the season! Join National Society of Newspaper Columnists for a virtual Holiday Mixer on Fri., Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. EST. The event will be hosted by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp. The Holiday Mixer is free for NSNC members and $10 for non-members. Note: NSNC Members, please email NSNC Executive Director Ginny…
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National Society of Newspaper Columnists Announces 2023 Contest Winners and Finalists
2023 NSNC Columnist Contest Winners General (Print) FIRST PLACE: Renée Schafer Horton, Arizona Daily Star SECOND PLACE: Dave Lieber, The Dallas Morning News THIRD PLACE: John W. Fountain, Chicago Sun-Times HONORABLE MENTION: Zachary Clifton, The Louisville Courier-Journal General (Online) FIRST PLACE: Mary C. Curtis, Roll Call SECOND PLACE: Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector THIRD PLACE (TIE):…
Happy National Columnists’ Day and Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day!
Good morning, April 18th marks the event of honoring National Columnists’ Day and Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day. This year, we’ve partnered with the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation to celebrate both. We’re proud to share the video we’ve created with the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation, as it spotlights the works of Ernie Pyle and encourages columnists around the…
National Society of Newspaper Columnists and Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation to Join Forces on April 18
April 18th marks National Columnists’ Day and Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day, which were founded in memory of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Ernie Pyle. Pyle, an American journalist and war correspondent, who was killed during World War II, became best known for everyday stories about American soldiers during the war. National Society of Newspaper Columnists and…
National Society of Newspaper Columnists and Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation to Celebrate Columnists
Contact: National Society of Newspaper Columnists Executive Director Ginny McCabe NSNCdirector@gmail.com Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation Morgan Maschino MorganMaschino85@gmail.co For Immediate Release The National Society of Newspaper Columnists and Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation will join forces on Tuesday, April 18, for National Columnists’ Day and Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day to honor the accomplishments of Ernie Pyle…
NSNC Webinar – Your WordPress Website is Breaking You! 3 Ways to Fight Back Today with Jonathan Wofford
Join Us! What: Join National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) for a Zoom webinar with Jonathan Wofford, Your WordPress Guy W?hen: Tues., Mar. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. EST. Session Title: Your WordPress Website is Breaking You! 3 Ways to Fight Back Today Description: If you’re in a seemingly endless war with your WordPress…
National Society of Newspaper Columnists Honors Roy Roberts
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) has honored Mr. Roy Roberts of Normal, Illinois as an “Honorary Lifetime Member” of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Lori Duff, president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists was joined by Ginny McCabe, executive director of NSNC, to present the honor to Mr. Roberts on the…
Student Press Freedom Day – Feb. 23, 2023
Join us for the fifth annual Student Press Freedom Day on Feb. 23, 2023, as student journalists across the United States raise awareness of the challenges they face, celebrate their contributions to their schools and communities, and take actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. National Society of Newspaper Columnists is a partner…
NSNC Wishes Longtime Columnist Roy Roberts Happy 101st Birthday!
Ginny McCabe, executive director of National Society of Newspaper Columnists had the the honor of interviewing 100-year-old columnist Roy Roberts about his more than 70-years of column writing. (That’s about 3,500 columns – Wow!) Mr. Roberts of Normal, Illinois pens a weekly column for the Cass County Star Gazette called “Trivia Too” and he’s also…
Join Us for Student Press Freedom Day – Feb. 23
Join us for the fifth annual Student Press Freedom Day on Feb. 23, 2023, as student journalists across the United States raise awareness of the challenges they face, celebrate their contributions to their schools and communities, and take actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) created Student Press Freedom Day to give student journalists a platform to…
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Today is World Press Freedom Day. We support your right to write.
On World Press Freedom Day, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists stands in solidarity with journalists across the globe, particularly those who risk their safety to tell the stories the public needs to know. Targeting of journalists happens here in the United States as well. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 11 journalists have…
April 18: A Day to Celebrate Columnists and Their Readers
By M.C. Coolidge April 18 is National Columnists Day, and whether you love ’em, hate ’em, or love to hate ’em — newspaper columnists sure can make reading the paper a lot more fun. We all need to stay informed with hard news, but honestly, there’s only so much Brexit and brouhaha about the economy…
Who’s Talking About National Columnists Day 2019
Thank you to all columnists who took the time to write about National Columnists Day! Below are the columns penned in honor of National Columnists Day. In the social media-Julian Assange era, would Americans click ‘like’ for Ernie Pyle? By Chris Carosa Would America today embrace the next Ernie Pyle? He wasn’t a muckraker, a…
Post a Selfie for National Columnists Day
You may remember that National Columnists Day is also when we ask you to join us in celebration with a selfie and the hashtag #IAmAColumnist. You can take a look at last year HERE. We want you to join the fun again! Plus there’s more! If you want to go beyond the selfie and pen…
‘The Day I Became a Columnist Was One of the Happiest of My Life’: a Q&A With 2019 Pyle Recipient Kathleen Parker
By Dave Astor NSNC Archivist Our 2019 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award winner is…Kathleen Parker! She’ll receive the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ highest honor at the June 20-23 NSNC conference in Buffalo, New York. Ms. Parker is a widely syndicated columnist who previously won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, among other awards. She’s…
Announcing National Ernie Pyle Day Celebration
Bloomington, IN —The Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation created National Ernie Pyle Day and the United States Senate agreed to a resolution proposed by Indiana Senators Todd Young and Joe Donnelly designating August 3, 2018 as National Ernie Pyle Day. To commemorate this day the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation has organized a celebration that will take…