Just a few weeks after the University of Missouri Press released former NSNC President Bill Tammeus’ new book in September, it ordered a second printing. “They Were Just People: Stories of Rescue in Poland During the Holocaust,” by Tammeus and co-author Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn has met with brisk sales and great reviews, including one…
“In addition to my Friday column, I’ve been doing a couple times a week blog on the Gettysburg Times website,” John Messenger told fellow columnists on the NSNC Discussions Newslist. He invites us to check him out and leave comments in the comments section. John’s Friday morning columns aren’t online, but there’s talk about including…
Nationally syndicated award-winning columnist, Saralee Perel, has signed with agent Bob Mecoy for her newest non-fiction book, “Eddie’s Philosophy.” Saralee says, “Eddie the Cat, an NSNC 2008 award-winning columnist, bluntly shares his no-nonsense values, his shenanigans and his life with my husband, Bob, and me. I only wish Eddie didn’t have nine lives. I wish…
Kelly Kazek’s book “Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom” is being released. The hardcover book contains a collection of Kazek’s award-winning humor columns published in The News Courier and syndicated through Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. News Service. A portion of proceeds will go to Art on the Square, a community arts…
NSNC member Beth Ashley, a longtime columnist for the Marin Independent Journal in Northern California, has announced her retirement after 40-some years, 26 of them as a columnist. Craig Wilson broke the news in his column in USA Today. They met when she worked at Wilson’s paper a few months “on loan” from the…
Mike Harden was a regular attendedee at our conferences until 2008 when he was busy working on a book about a restaurant chain founder Bob Evans. He collaborated with his daughter, Robbin, on the book “A Bountiful Heart.” Retired from the Columbus Dispatch, Harden still writes a twice-weekly metro column.
“A Year in the Life of a ‘Working’ Writer. A Memoir to the Best of the Recollection of Ernie Witham“, chronicles Ernie’s constant search for that next humor column and the life surrounding a humor columnist, including the daily interactions with his family, friends, fellow writers and all the people he meets in a year’s…
Laurence Cohen of the Hartford Courant won the First Place “Excellence in Journalism” award from the Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in the Op-Ed Column category. He also received an Honorable Mention for his column in the Hartford Business Journal.
“Kudzu’s Last Stand,” a short story by Cappy Hall Rearick, was selected to appear in the Florida Writers Association Collection #1 — From Our Family to Yours. Another short story, “A Cellular Christmas,” was picked for publication in “Christmas Traditions,” a collection of holiday stories. Her most recent book, a novel titled “Return to…
Joel Schwartzberg, second place winner in the Online Category of the 2009 writing contest, has a new book which was just released, “The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad”. You can find more information at: http://www.divorceddadbook.com/. *NOTE: When you click on the Amazon link from our website and buy a book at Amazon, a percentage of…
The Black Cow, a student newspaper with Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Dave Lieber as its adviser, swept the Texas state scholastic competition by winning 55 awards. The paper eclipsed its own record from last year and is credited with “vaulting Westlake Academy to journalistic prominence.” (Read the full story from Alliance Regional Newspapers at http://bit.ly/z14cF…
Dorothy Brush, an octogenarian from Tennessee, was not up to traveling to California for last year’s conference. But she reports that “my brain is still working well and I continue doing two columns each week, plus a few features, too.” NSNC named her Columnist of the Year in 2004 for her courageous battle against cancer,…
Mental Health America presented a special award, The Bell Award for Significant Contributions to Mental Health Journalism, to Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times at a media awards luncheon in Washington, D.C. Lopez, the 2009 conference keynote speaker, is the author of “The Soloist,” which inspired the film of the same name. He won…
Freelance writer Ben Shaberman of Baltimore has had a book published. “The Vegan Monologues” is a collection of “humorous, intelligent and insightful essays on vegan life.” The book explores the lighter side of the meat-free lifestyle. Shaberman’s reflections will put a smile on the faces of vegans and omnivores alike. Shaberman’s essays have appeared…
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…
Dave Astor, former Editor&Publisher senior editor who kicks off the 33rd annual NSNC conference with a panel discussion of “A New Generation of Columnists”, shared a second-place award in the annual New Jersey Press Association contest. His weekly “Montclairvoyant” column helped The Montclair Times get that award in the best editorial section category. Astor’s…
Dave Lieber By Dave Lieber Fort Worth Star-Telegram NSNCEF Secretary Hey, bloggers. Welcome to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, where, finally, you are invited to join and also enter our annual contest. After a long battle – I started my fight to let you in more than a decade ago…
