Miscellaneous articles.
By Bonnie Squires Published April 27, 2011 Main Line Media Well, I must confess that I do not plan to set my alarm for 4 a.m. tomorrow morning in order to watch the royal wedding. I mean, I have been trying to understand what all the fuss is about. So Prince William is going to…
If you know what the title of this article means, you are probably now in the majority of English language users. Yes, these abbreviations, formerly the property of young people sending text messages, are now considered actual words. Who says, you say? Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, as they define themselves in their own dictionary.…
Famous interview subjects rip off their microphones and storm off the “60 Minutes” set. With that, the interview is over. These are called “walk-offs” and are practically a tradition at “60 Minutes” according to 60 Minutes Overtime an internet site that “begins where the television broadcast ends.”
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…
Wayne Rouse is a columnist currently making a big splash in the book-writing world. He is a contributing humor columnist for Metrosource magazine, the largest gay magazine in NYC and LA. His essays and articles have appeared in numerous national magazines, as well as on CBC Radio One in Canada, Chicago Public Radio and Michigan…
‘We Remember When’: Memoirs from Milton’s Fuller Village As published in The Patriot Ledger – Feb 8, 2011 MILTON – Residents of the Fuller Village senior residence have ccmpiled a collection of personal memories that go back as far back as World War I and the Depression. It includes stories about their coming of age, including…
Margaret Caldwell is a columnist for the Desert Valley Times, Mesquite NV, a Gannett, publication. She celebrated her 104th birthday on February 1st and is believed by many to be the world’s oldest living columnist. Often we associate old age with loss of health and vitality, but Margaret says she is feeling well in spite…
As the rage and fury of angry people too long living under supression continues to errupt in Egypt, we wonder what took place that led to the violent events of today. Years ago, Bill Tammeus, NSNC past president, visited Egypt on assignment by The Kansas City Star. His column written then and first published by The…
If you ever wondered about the power of a few words, consider this item by columnist Al Kamen, who writes “In the Loop” for The Fed Page of the Washington Post: “The spectacular political collapse of Japan’s Yukio Hatoyama was already well in motion in mid-April when we added a tiny push by writing, after…
About 30 journalism students from Indiana University visited the Ernie Pyle State Historical Site recently. The site is closed and half of the letters, and many of the uniforms, World War II era gear and other artifacts have been removed. The materials are warehoused in Indianapolis, where state museum officials say they will be utilized in…
Rick Horowitz with optimistic hopes for the new year…
Dave Astor scored again with his Huffington Post article on how a newspaper can alienate loyal subscribers. The basic steps are loosely listed below, but Astor tells it much better and much funnier. STEP 1 – Have a newspaper that is not bad as dailies go, and doesn’t cost much. STEP 2 – Buyout half…
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…
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in an Alaskan plane crash, observances were held at four widely scattered sites on August 15. More than 60 pilots and over 1,000 spectators participated in the annual fly-in at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch at Oologah, Okla. Steve Gragert,…
Many NSNC members have written columns for the ninth anniversary of the coordinated series of terrorist attacks that took place September 11, 2001, in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. * * * John Messeder – Gettysburg Times – “Recalling 9-11, all of it” John writes: “… I was crossing Baltimore Street, heading into…
By Cappy Hall Rearick, NSNC Member On the eleventh morning of this month, we Americans will turn off our alarm clocks, get out of bed, put on the coffee, do our morning rituals and at some point perhaps glance at a calendar. That is when we will remember exactly where we were when we learned…
