Okay, well you don’t actually get a chicken dinner, but you do get some bragging rights. Here’s a breakdown of all our amazing winners in the 2022 Columnist Contest (for works created in 2021): Editorial Cartoon First Place – Sage Stossel, The Boston Globe Social Justice First Place – John W. Fountain, Chicago Sun-TimesSecond Place…
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News & discussion on columns as blogs, blogs as columns
To go or not to go? That is the question.
by Daniela Gitlin, MD The NSNC conference is scheduled to happen live June 9-12, 2022 at the Doubletree by Hilton, Birmingham Perimeter Park in Alabama. You, like me, might be of two minds about attending. You might have various COVID-related concerns. But also, you might really, really want to go. Do you crave contact, with real people, in real-time,…
2021 Is Done
by John Branning 2021 is done – it won’t be called the greatest year.Covid we could not outrun, with Omicron the latest fear. Sports went on despite the risk; tried protocols to make it safe.Jeffrey Epstein’s odalisque got jail time for procuring naifs. Trump impeached a second time, because of insurrectionists.NFTs arrive and I’m confused:…
Q&A With Michael Wolff – A Singular Columnist Discusses His Three Trump Books
The Heart and Art Expands
Libel and Slander, and Some Wisdom to Tell the Difference
Stir-crazy Humorist, Retired Nurse Recreates Famous Artworks to Relieve Shelter-in-place Stress, Share Joy
By Molly StevensNSNC Member Like so many others, I experienced stress and anxiety at the onset of the COVID pandemic. As a fairly recent retiree, I had worked hard to find a satisfactory balance between full and empty slots in my calendar. I struggled when faced with an abundance of free time and a serious…
Writers in Quarantine
Now Is the Time for You to Be a Leader
By Dave LieberThe Dallas Morning News City mayors, county leaders, state governors, and presidents are expected to show leadership in times of crisis. But I would argue that now is the time for columnists and bloggers to do the same. We learned after 9/11 what a difference one great column can make for readers. Remember…
The Secret Life of a Would-Be Novelist
Value Your Work. Value Your Industry
A rebuttal to James Haught’s article ‘Low-Pay Writing’ By Marianne Willburn NSNC Member A bottle of “Writers’ Tears” Irish whiskey has sat unmolested on my desk since it was given to me ten months ago by a friend at Christmas. Though he handed it over insisting that a garden columnist had no need of such a…
Drive Your Video Marketing Strategy This Year With These Five Video Storytelling Tips
By Jeff Shuford NSNC Member If you aspire to supercharge your brand marketing this year, consider incorporating video as an essential element of your business’ outreach efforts. Video can unquestionably drive a significant return on investment, but it isn’t to be entered into lightly without a clear understanding of the strategic elements of a cohesive…
It’ll Be Back to Buffalo for Washington Post Columnist Margaret Sullivan
By Dave Astor NSNC Archivist Margaret Sullivan will be the June 22 afternoon keynote speaker during our upcoming annual conference in Buffalo, New York. She’s the media columnist for The Washington Post, the former public editor of The New York Times, and the former editor of The Buffalo News. I interviewed her via email on…
What Qualifies as Honorable Mention?
As we await the results of the 2019 annual column-writing contest, NSNC member Annette Januzzi Wick reflects on her 2018 honorable mention. By Annette Januzzi Wick NSNC Member In the hotel ballroom in Cincinnati, Dave Lieber, master of ceremonies at the National Society for Newspaper Columnists’ annual banquet, stood at the podium and announced the…