Join Us in Celebrating National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day - This April 18th, we're paying tribute to the legendary Ernie Pyle, a symbol of the courage, integrity, and human touch that define the best in journalism. But this isn't just about looking back—it's about sparking conversation on the enduring relevance of columnists in our lives today. For more details, go to https://www.columnists.com/2024/04/celebrate-with-us-on-april-18/
Save the Date! The NSNC Virtual Conference 2024 will be held on Fri., July 19 and Sat., July 20. If you have any program ideas, email nsncdirector@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. Watch for more details soon!
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!
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!
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.
The July 2010 Columnists Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington. Reports on speakers, contests, field trips etc. are on this page. We welcome more, via the contact form. How Newspaper Columnists Learn About Sex Laurence Cohen & Gina Barreca | Courant.com …when you see all the little kids tweeting and texting and Internet-involved, they’re keeping detailed…
Before columns are written and published, before suitcases are unpacked, before the adrenalin quits pumping from the fabulous Bloomington Conference, Brian O’Connor, newly elected Conference Chair, is already beginning to make plans for us to visit his exciting city in 2011. He has big shoes to fill after Mike Leonard, but appears to be up to the challenge.…
Following are comments the judges made on the entries of the first-place winners of the 2010 Column Contest of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Here is the full list of winners. General Interest Greater than 100,000 Circulation, Tom Rademacher, The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press: “There’s a feeling, you get when you’ve been caught doing something you shouldn’t…
Ben Pollock, who writes Brick on benpollock.com in Fayetteville, Ark., was elected President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists at the closing session of the annual conference at Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, July 11. Pollock, who was Vice President, has served as Archivist and Secretary. He is a copy editor and page designer for the…
By Suzette Martinez Standring, Past President, NSNC Only through the NSNC would I find myself in the bedroom of the Dalai Lama. Ducking into his second floor bedroom came toward the end of an afternoon’s visit by NSNC conference attendees to The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in southern Indiana. I’m here to report that…
On This Soft Anvil By Terry Marotta, NSNC Member Exit Only Blog I was saying yesterday how organizations change when there get to be more women than men in them and at first I thought that’s why my fellow columnists behaved so well when Dr. Debra Herbenick came to speak at our annual conference.…
Happy National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day! On April 18th, we’re paying tribute to the legendary Ernie Pyle, a symbol of the courage, integrity, and human touch that define the best in journalism. But this isn’t just about looking back—it’s about sparking conversation on the enduring relevance of columnists in our lives today.…
Join Us in Celebrating National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day This April 18th, we’re paying tribute to the legendary Ernie Pyle, a symbol of the courage, integrity, and human touch that define the best in journalism. But this isn’t just about looking back—it’s about sparking conversation on the enduring relevance of columnists in…
Save the Date! The NSNC Virtual Conference 2024 will be held on Fri., July 19 and Sat., July 20. If you have any program ideas, email nsncdirector@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. Watch for more details soon!
For More on Student Press Freedom Day, visit https://studentpressfreedom.org/
Submissions Now Open NSNC Annual Columnist Contest Enter Today! National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest Opens: 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. “The NSNC Annual Columnist Contest gives columnists a chance…
