Save the Date - NSNC 2024 Virtual Conference - July 19 and 20

Call for Entries - 2024 NSNC Annual Columnist Contest

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Registration Open - Erma Home Schooling

Call for Entries - 2024 NSNC Annual Columnist Contest

Submissions Now Open - NSNC Annual Columnist Contest - Enter Today! National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest Open: January 15, 2024 8:00 a.m. (EST) Closes: April 15, 2024 11:59 p.m. (EST) For Registration & General Guidelines visit: nsnc.submittable.com/submit Email Adam Earnheardt, contest chair, with any questions at acearnheardt@ysu.edu. Submit your best work! You could be one of this year's winners!

Join NSNC and Reap the Benefits!

Hope your New Year is off to an amazing start. We are excited for What’s in-store for NSNC members this year. We will also be launching our annual contest in January, so you’ll want to be sure your membership is up-to-date. Also, if you have ideas, suggestions, etc., please share with our president, Lori Duff, at lori@loriduffwrites.com or myself at nsncdirector@gmail.com Blessings to all!

Registration Open - Erma Home Schooling

The Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop is sold out, but it’s not too late for writers to experience the conference’s special blend of joy and laughter, support, and inspiration. Registration is open for Erma Home Schooling, a package that includes five keynotes live-streamed from the in-person workshop as well as four exclusive workshops. Early bird rate: $199 by March 1. The fee is $225 after March 1. Go to https://udayton.edu/blogs/erma/2023/12/doordash_erma.php for details.

USN&WR Going Digital

U.S. News &World Report reports that the December issue will be the last printed monthly for subscribers. They plan to transition to a predominantly digital publishing model. U.S. News claims to be a leading innovator in adapting to the changing environment in the newspaper world — and “we don’t intend to give up that lead.”…

Olbermann, Objectivity or Opinion on TV

Keith Olbermann, the liberal host of “Countdown” on MSNBC, was recently suspended indefinitely without pay for making political donations to three Democrats.  The network policy prohibits such contributions. Most journalistic outfits discourage or outright prohibit campaign contributions by employees.  According to MSNBC policy, “Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other…

Stu Bykofsky: Olbermann fair? O’Reilly balanced?

   As reported by Romenesko in Poynter online, Stu Bykofsky, Philadelphia Daily News, decided to check out Fox News and MSNBC to test whether the point of view presented is fair and balanced or as one-sided as it is often said to be.    For a week, the columnist recorded and watched two television shows that…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Dave shares his unique point-of-view at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade by Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Dave Lieber and producer Chris Gomersall/Upstairs Media.

Grisamore Writes Community Theatre Script

             Ed Grisamore, the recipient of the 2010 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, recently completed a writing project that was completely different. He wrote the script for a musical called “Durworld: The Life and Times of Mr. Doubletalk.” It was performed by the Youth Actors Company at Theatre Macon on Nov. 6-14. In addition to writing the…

Government Funding of Public News Services

Should U.S. government funds continue to help fund NPR, a non-profit radio service? An October 2010 Poll Position nationwide survey found that 45 percent of Americans favor continuing government funding for NPR while 39 percent called for a halt to funding. Partisan differences were found among those who favor the funding versus those who did…