Press releases and other announcements from the NSNC
The NSNC Board is scheduled to meet for online chat on Sunday, October 10. President Ben Pollock will give a summary of the fall meeting of the Conference of National Journalism Organization meeting October 8-9 in Washington. Other items include a discussion of the NSNC Conference results to be presented by Brian O’Connor, Conference Chair,and…
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The official NSNC T-Shirt allows you to identify with the other members of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and to proudly display your colors. In this case the colors are black with a bright dash of yellow lettering. (Yes, we know the unfortunate association “yellow” has with “journalism,” but the color combo is cool…
While continuing to post new information on a continuing basis, we are also making a few changes. One of the more obvious is more “blogs” now being displayed on the front page. In the last few days, we have also made numerous behind the scenes changes to make it easier to navigate so you can…
Effectively immediately, our telephone number and fax number have changed. Our new telephone number is (415) 488-NSNC and our fax number is (484) 297-0336. Please make a note of the new numbers. The free telephone service is from Google (iVoice). When someone calls, the phone will ring to NSNC Director, Leunna Kim. If she…
The NSNC Board of Directors met on August 10. A new member at large, Mary C. Curtis, was appointed and welcomed to the board. Linda Caillouet, a former officer on the board, will also return as a member-at-large. A discussion of finances and budget led to some new money-saving suggestions. There was lengthy discussion regarding…
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…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — BP executives, who made up more unbelievable stories than a newsroom full of columnists on a slow news day, have won the 2010 Sitting Duck Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. “‘It’s the early bird that usually gets the worms,’ to paraphrase founding columnist Benjamin Franklin, but in this case…
The Board of Directors met Thursday prior to the Bloomington Conference with a quorum present and VP Ben Pollock presiding due to the delay in arrival of the president. Several items of business were discussed, including resuming the formerly popular silent auction which supported the Education Foundation. A volunteer is needed to run the auction if it…
A Georgia columnist with a widely varied record of community service is the 2010 winner of the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award. Ed Grisamore of The Telegraph in Macon, Ga., will be presented with the prestigious award Friday, July 9 at the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC). In nominating Grisamore…
Statement on Helen Thomas from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists Friday, June 11, 2010 For decades, Helen Thomas has been a paragon for younger journalists and her closing her career as a bad role model provides lessons as well, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists finds. Thomas, who turns 90 in August, has been…
Upcoming conferences were the major item of discussion when the Board of Directors for NSNC met June 3 via Chatzy. The Conference in Bloomington is only a little over a month away and registration slots and hotel rooms are still available for what is shaping up as an exciting event. Mike Leonard, Conference Chair, is…
Russell Frank, NSNC Education Chair and Associate Professor of Communications at Penn State University, announced the winners of the 2010 NSNC Scholarship Contest today. Frank said, “There were 110 entries this year, a very pleasing number…” Preliminary judge, Ben Pollock, NSNC Vice President noted, “Judging the students was hard this year: No bad columnists in…
A nominating committee appointed by the president has submitted a list of proposed candidates for offices as required by the NSNC Bylaws. This slate of nominees will be presented at the conference with the election scheduled for Sunday, July 11, at the general membership meeting . Here’s the suggested slate from our fantastic nominating committee:…
Wait, don’t leave! You are in the right place! The NSNC board decided that it was time for a newer website, something more in keeping with the times, something trendy and dynamic, to attract the attention of young potential members and to meet the changing needs of current members. We wanted to do things that…
Each year half of the officers on the NSNC Board of Directors are elected at the annual general membership meeting. It will be held at the close of the 2010 Conference in Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday, July 11. This year the offices to be filled are: President, Vice President, Newsletter Editor, Web Editor, and…
Survey Results News Release: Membership Survey National Society of Newspaper Columnists Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 For immediate release For more information, contact Ben Pollock _____ The state of column writing, as measured in a survey, can be summed up as hanging in there. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists polled its members online in late…
