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News about NSNC members

Epperson’s “Joy Dance Party” Helps Kids

NSNC member Kelly Epperson likes to spread the joy.  The Loves Park, Ill., writer and speaker, author of 365 Days of Joy – How To Be Happy Every Single Day, also enjoys dancing, so she extended an invitation to a “Joy Dance Party” Friday, October 1, in Rockford, Ill., to help celebrate her birthday and raise money for…

Canadian Columnist Also Does Comedy

   Lori Welbourne of Kelowna, BC, has a career as both a columnist and comedy performer.  She teams with Lisa Redl, a media personality for the past five years in radio, television and web, to do comedy videos.   Lori writes a weekly column titled “On a Brighter Note”, which was first published in April 2009 in…

DreamWorks to Film Columnist’s Novel

W. Bruce Cameron

DW inks dog hit to flick Studio bones up on Bruce’s book Award-winning NSNC member W. Bruce Cameron, who last made headlines with the publication and quick rise to best-seller status of his first novel, A Dog’s Purpose, now is preparing its screenplay. His is not work on spec, though, hoping to run into Steven…

Horowitz Receives High Honor From Editorial Writers Group

   Syndicated columnist Rick Horowitz was honored with a Life Membership by the National Conference of Editorial Writers at its annual convention in Dallas on September 25.  A citation read as follows:    “Rick Horowitz has cultivated a national following through his words, wit, wisdom and wealth of talents. He is one of the National Conference of Editorial…

Farewell, Mike Harden

Mike Harden

The Columbus Dispatch reported late on Oct. 13, 2010, the death of Mike Harden at the age of 64. Details are found in this updated article, written by the NSNC’s Joe Blundo. The obituary has links to several of his columns and a selection of pictures. Mike was one of the earliest members of the…

O’Connor Honored by Columbia Grad School of Journalism

Brian J. O’Connor, personal finance columnist for The Detroit News, has been named winner of the Christopher J. Welles Memorial Prize at Columbia University. The award goes to an exemplary piece of business journalism produced in the last 12 months by an alumnus of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship.  O’Connor, a Knight-Bagehot Fellow from the class of…

Connecticut Member receives Press Club Award

 Award-winning Westport (CT) News columnist Judith Marks-White is the recipient of a 2010 Connecticut Press Club Humorous Article award for “The Light Touch” columns. She said she considers this award special because it emphasizes her love of the satirical essay. Marks-White has been writing her weekly column for the past 25 years. She also freelances…

Standring lands TV Show

Suzette Martinez Standring

   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…

Member published online

Joanie Buettgen writes us that she has new published articles. “I just wanted to let all my fellow writer friends know that I have published at more.com. Publishing dreams do come true!”   See “He Thinks He’s Human” – MORE Magazine – For Women 40.  Also, on Tim Bete’s site Thankful Home, “How Joanie almost lost…

Dorothy Brush, An Inspiring Columnist

By Suzette Martinez Standring Past President, NSNC    Eighty-eight-year-old Dorothy Brush still writes her twice-weekly column for The Crossville Chronicle in Crossville, Tennessee. It’s been seven years since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had refused any treatment.  In 2004, the NSNC awarded her “Columnist of the Year” because she continued to write her column…

Thirty years in journalism

Lindor Reynolds, Winnipeg Free Press, celebrates 30 years in journalism this week. In her column, Lindor says, “We get into this business for a variety of reasons. It’s exciting. You meet new people every day. You might get lucky and make a difference, move a reader or change a policy.”  She talks about the dreams,…

Rick Horowitz Political Satire

From the studios of Milwaukee Public TV direct to your computer screen, NSNC member, Rick Horowitz has a gusher of new on-camera commentaries on YouTube and ready for your inspection and occasional entertainment. The facts don’t matter in Washington anymore — it’s the story you can *tell* about the facts. Satirist Rick Horowitz explains it…

Member Appears on CNN

NSNC Member, Ahmed Soliman, thought you might be interested in watching the CNN interview/debate he did with the organizer of a protest against the construction of a mosque near ground zero in New York (aired on Sunday morning). He says, “I was invited onto the program after writing a column about the topic. ” The…

Georgia Columnist takes Double Awards

While our illustrious group does not include sports columnists on a regular basis, I thought I’d share some news seeing as how I alternate between a sports column and humor column. I attended the Georgia Sports Writers Association’s Annual Meeting this past Sunday in Marietta, Georgia. The event featured a number of speakers and the…

KC Press Club honors Chartrand

David Chartrand received First Place in the 2010 Heart of America Awards from the Kansas City Press Club in the category for non-news columns in large papers.  Chartrand is a freelance columnist who writes for The Kansas City Star. Judges commented that he had a “Quirky sense of humor with great comedic lineup and perceptive…

Lieber’s kids do well at state competition

Texas junior high and high school students who publish The Black Cow student newspaper  recently earned 56 awards in the annual statewide journalism competition. NSNC Education Foundation Secretary, Dave Lieber, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, is the student newspaper’s advisor and is justifiably proud of their accomplishments. Fewer entries were allowed in each category this year muting the…

Zaslow Video on the Gore’s Breakup

NSNC member, Jeff Zaslow, Wall Street Journal, reflects on the breakup of Al and Tipper Gore after 40 years and why other long-term marriages can end in divorce. Read the column:  ‘Till 40 Years Do Us Part