Adam Earnheardt

Tony Norman: Outgoing President’s 2022 Conference Reflection

On paper, there are a lot of reasons why an in-person annual conference wasn’t a good idea: record high gas prices and airfare, lingering concerns about a pandemic, the probability of a low turnout, the sheer expense of a conference in inflationary times and the fact that the host state — Alabama — isn’t on…

Winner, winner. Chicken dinner.

Okay, well you don’t actually get a chicken dinner, but you do get some bragging rights. Here’s a breakdown of all our amazing winners in the 2022 Columnist Contest (for works created in 2021): Editorial Cartoon First Place – Sage Stossel, The Boston Globe Social Justice First Place – John W. Fountain, Chicago Sun-TimesSecond Place…

Looking Forward

by Adam Earnheardt, NSNC Interim Executive Director Forward. It’s that simple. Move forward. Look forward. It amazes me how that one word—Forward—can simultaneously conjure feelings of anticipation, hopefulness, and enthusiasm. It’s hard not to want to look forward these days. Even when you italicize the word Forward, it just looks cool. Speak of 2020 or…