Tag: history

One Score and 14 Years Ago: a 1977 Story about Our Founding

When the National Society of Newspaper Columnists began in 1977, NSNC founder Larry Maddry wrote an un-bylined story about the new group for Editor & Publisher magazine. Larry, a now-retired Norfolk (Va.) Virginian-Pilot columnist who is one of this year’s NSNC Legacy Award winners, mailed our organization a photocopy of his 34-year-old article after learning…

New Book from Kelly Kazek

Kelly Kazek, National Society of Newspaper Columnists member, has authored a new book. Kelly Kazek is editor of the News Courier (AL), the only daily newspaper in Athens and Limestone County. She has researched and written about the history of these communities for most of her 24-year career in journalism.   Please join her in…

Book on Ohio River republished

Towboat on the Ohio

After a Decade, Ohio River Book Back in Print    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The University Press of Kentucky has republished TOWBOAT ON THE OHIO, a book by James E. Casto. Originally published in 1995, the book has been out of print and unavailable for the past 10 years.   To get a close, personal look at…

Casto Book on Ohio River Flood Is Released

 NSNC Education Foundation President Jim Casto has a new book out.  “The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937” is his 10th book and his fifth straight “Images of America” book for Arcadia Publishing.  The retired Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch associate editor is prolific to say the least. A review in the newspaper by Dave Lavender told…