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		<title>Bulldog wins 2013 Zaslow College Columnist Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young Dallas-area writer attending the University of Georgia is this year&#8217;s winner of the Jeff Zaslow College Columnist Contest, the scholarship of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Contest Chair Joel Brinkley was the final judge for this year. He called UGA&#8217;s Blake Seitz &#8220;an excellent, clever writer.&#8221; Seitz this fall will be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Column Contest Finalists Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column Contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First-time Contestants, Previous Winners, Even the Late Roger Ebert Among This Year&#8217;s Celebrated Columnists, Bloggers By Mike Deupree NSNC Column Contest Chair The 2013 writing contest of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists is in the books. The judges in each of the six categories have pondered, mulled, evaluated, assessed, contemplated, pored over, considered, consulted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the May-June newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobHaught</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The May-June newsletter was emailed to NSNC members on May 15. It features these stories: &#8211; NSNC Board Takes Advocacy Position Against Government Abuses of 1st Amendment Freedoms &#8211; Columnist-radio Personality Mike Morin is Will Rogers Humanitarian Award Winner &#8211; Dave Lieber Writes About &#8220;How To Save the Newspaper Column&#8221; &#8211; Some Suggestions for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio&#8217;s Mike Morin is 2013 Will Rogers Award Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsroom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Hampshire Humorist&#8217;s Fundraising Called &#8216;Creative, Fun, Energetic and Incredibly Productive&#8217; New Hampshire columnist and radio broadcaster Mike Morin, who has used his public forum to raise millions of dollars to help others is being recognized as this year’s winner of the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award. He will receive the honor at the 37th annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSNC: AP Records Raid Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsroom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The board of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists condemns the Department of Justice&#8217;s deliberate disregard of the United States Constitution in its secret confiscation of telephonic records of offices and journalists of The Associated Press. The NSNC board demands strong disciplinary action against those responsible for violating the First Amendment in this manner. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSNC Conference &#8211; It&#8217;s Not Too Late</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t miss out! If you haven&#8217;t signed up for the annual conference at Hartford, Conn., June 27-30, you missed out on the early bird registration fee. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you have to miss out on all the other good stuff. You don&#8217;t have to miss out on meeting two of America&#8217;s most talented writers: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013-15 Slate of Officers Proposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Columnists and bloggers: Get ready for a rollicking time, as two top humorists &#8212; Jerry Zezima and Bill Ervolino &#8212; have accepted nominations to run for top spots at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. The NSNC board has accepted a slate of candidates for two-year terms plus a candidate to serve one year, due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Marathon Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsroom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists felt the shock, anger and sadness from the attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded within seconds of each other at 2:50 p.m. EDT near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring at least 170, The Boston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Columnists&#8217; Day 2013: Honoring Ernie Pyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nat'l Columnists' Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 18, Thursday this year, is National Columnists&#8217; Day. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists created this holiday both for members but mainly as a flag to the world, reminding everyone of the journalistic and democratic importance of columns. We chose the date that Scripps Howard columnist Ernie Pyle was shot down in 1945, covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the April-May newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.columnists.com/2013/04/in-the-april-may-newsletter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobHaught</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the monthly NSNC newsletter emailed to members at mid-month you&#8217;ll find more information about &#8220;Lifestyles and the Writing Life&#8221; &#8211; the annual conference, to be held at Hartford, Conn. June 27-30. Also: Past President Mike Leonard has a story about a controversy over Ernie Pyle Hall on the Indiana University campus. A reminder that [...]]]></description>
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