By Cole ImperiNSNC Member I am a Thanatologist, someone who studies death and dying. I’m definitely the only one of those in my family. My work in this field eventually led me towards genealogy, which is, essentially, the study of the dead. Who were these dead people I descended from, anyway? For many family genealogists,…
A single essay of more than 7,000 words has never won the Pulitzer Prize in the Commentary category. Traditionally, a columnist has won that category with a series of columns.
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…
(Damn You, Noxious Virus, Causing Me More Work When You Know How I Hate to Put Off Novel Writing) By Pam J. HechtNSNC Member I have a problem that will likely prevent me from finishing this column, which is also, frankly, a flagrant cry for help. In fact, I will probably ask you to finish…
By Dave AstorNSNC Archivist Lisa Smith Molinari and Lori B. Duff are award-winning columnists/bloggers, authors, attorneys, and NSNC board members who were scheduled to co-host a session on book contracts at our June 11-14, 2020, conference in Tulsa. So, I set up a “live” Facebook Messenger conversation with them to discuss that session, and the…
February 25 email conversation with David Maraniss
Post-Dispatch metro columnist Tony Messenger, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. The writer, now 53, earned the award for a searing series of columns
Ted Streuli, of Edmond, is the recipient of the annual Will Rogers Humanitarian Award presented during the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ annual conference. This year, the conference is being held at the downtown Hyatt Regency in Tulsa. Jennifer Rogers Etcheverry, the great-granddaughter of Will Rogers, will present the award on Friday, June 12. WRHA…
The reputation of so-called content mills has given legitimate corporate content writing an undeserved bad rap.
The secret to success in any creative venture, column writing included, is finding your own voice and sharing your unique view of the world.
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2020 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is…George Will!
He’ll accept the prestigious honor during the NSNC’s annual conference next June in Tulsa, Oklahoma .
If NSNC member Russell Frank’s upcoming year as a Fulbright Scholar in Greece is anything like what was to have been his day of departure for Athens, it’s going to be a trying but exciting time.
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…
By Dave Astor NSNC Archivist Tony Norman, a longtime Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist and former NSNC treasurer, is now back on our board as vice president. In this email Q&A from September 17, Tony seriously/humorously/eloquently discusses everything from the NSNC to his unusually varied, multi-award-winning P-G career – including why he left a music beat to…
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…
By Susan Moore Jordan NSNC Member In the performing arts, we often hear about an overnight success that isn’t really that at all; it generally follows many years of hard work. But we love the glamour of the myth. A few years ago, I heard this from a former private voice student near the end…
By Chris Carosa NSNC President In July, shortly after our wildly successful annual conference in Buffalo, Michael Marrer? posted this in our private member-only Columnist Clubhouse Facebook page: CURRENT STATE OF NEW SYNDICATION? Wanting to know in advance if I am engaging in a fool’s errand and/or just beating my head against a wall, given…
