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		<title>Columns of 2012 Contest Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following are PDFs or links to the winning columns of the six 2012 first-place winners in the annual contest of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Each entrant was required to submit three columns originally published in 2011. Category A. General Interest (print) over 50,000 circulation &#8212; Gendy Alimurung, LA Weekly. The headlines in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 NSNC Column Contest Winners; Now with Judges&#8217; Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga., May 7, 2012 &#8212; Winners of the annual writing contest of the 2012 National Society of Newspaper Columnists were announced Saturday, May 5, at the NSNC&#8217;s 36th annual conference, held this year in Macon. Columnists early this year were invited to submit three works originally published in print or online newspapers, magazines* or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnists Find Doubletalk a Payne</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga. &#8212; Georgia-based entertainer Durwood &#8220;Mr. Doubletalk&#8221; Fincher punk&#8217;d participants at the 36th annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists on the event&#8217;s first day, Friday, May 4, 2012. Posing as his character Dr. Robert Payne, a vaguely credentialed academic/Washington consultant, Fincher stationed himself and a videographer in a room near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columns about the Macon Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 15:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Pollock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Participants in the 2012 annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnist are publishing columns and blogs about the weekend in Macon, Ga. Here are links to them. Contact us to submit your pieces; we will update this list. Bill Campbell&#8217;s Emerald Coast, &#8220;Her &#8216;Graciousness&#8217; and some Journalist Tidbits from Macon&#8221; Ed Grisamore, Macon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sitting Duck for 2012 &#8212; U.S. Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.columnists.com/2012/05/sitting-duck-award-draft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WebEditor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Winner of the Infamous Sitting Duck Award is The American Economy. Why? The American economy &#8211; Nobody likes it, and you can find statistics to back up anything you want to say about it. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists created the Sitting Duck Award, an honor bestowed each year on the crème [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of Conference &#8211; Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 02:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second day of the NSNC conference opened with breakfast in the beautiful Magnolia Room of the Macon Marriott where columnists heard from humorist speaker, author, and columnist Lauretta Hannon, the Cracker Queen, who told about her childhood and how she has overcome adversity and poverty with a sense of humor and a memoir about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fare Thee Well Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben S. Pollock President, National Society of Newspaper Columnists &#160; Dear Larry, [NSNC Vice President Laurence D. Cohen is on the slate of nominees for the May 6 election, for 2012-14 president.] This, the columnists presidency, has been a humbling experience. I&#8217;ve had plenty of humbling experiences in my life, so I should know. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnists select Dave Barry for Lifetime Achievement Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WebEditor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Barry. Photo by daniel portnoy www.danielportnoy.com MACON, Ga. &#8212; Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry will be honored with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. The announcement was made Thursday night, May 3, in Macon, Ga., at the top of the society’s 2012 national conference, where New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macon Conference Opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WebEditor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Ben Pollock welcomed NSNC conferees, guests, speakers, honorees, newcomers and returnees to the 36th annual NSNC conference. President Pollock said, &#8220;&#8230;this is our first visit to the Deep South. As a third-and-fourth generation Arkansan, I proudly say, &#8216;It&#8217;s high cotton.&#8217;&#8221; A wide range of activities have been planned by host, Ed Grisamore &#8212; too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSNC Board Meets</title>
		<link>http://www.columnists.com/2012/05/nsnc-board-meets-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WebEditor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of NSNC met May 3, 2012 in Macon, Georgia, prior to the annual conference. Ed Grisamore said he is happy to have us in Macon and expects to have 50-60 people at each conference event.  St. Petersburg FL was decided on at a previous board meeting as the site of the [...]]]></description>
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