“Opinionated” with Clay Wirestone **Rescheduled for Tuesday, November 10 • 7 PM – 8 PM EST Cost: NSNC members – $25; non-members $35 or make a donation. Overview Clay Wirestone, opinion editor at the Kansas City Reflector will talk about his upcoming title “Opinionated,” which releases on September 29. Author and Opinion Editor Clay Wirestone will join NSNC members and guests to talk about his work as opinion editor of the Kansas City Reflector and his debut book, “Opinionated,” which is due out on Sept. 29. The online session will feature a talk by Wirestone followed by a Q&A. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nsnc-presents-opinionated-with-clay-wirestone-tickets-2002333651854?aff=oddtdtcreator
Celebrate the joy of the season! Join us for National Society of Newspaper Columnists fall mixer on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7-8 p.m. EST Fall is in the air! Join National Society of Newspaper Columnists for a virtual fall mixer at 7 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Holiday Mixer is $10 for everyone or by donation. Hope to see everyone as we welcome the fall season! Note: Zoom details will be provided, or email nsncdirector@gmail.com.Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nsnc-fall-mixer-virtual-tickets-2002341810256?aff=oddtdtcreator
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It’s the National Columnists Day issue and President Ben Pollock tells how to get the most out of the conference and comments on plagiarism. A conference schedule shows what you’ll miss if you don’t sign up. Dave Lieber has another story about Ernie Pyle. Will Rogers Humanitarian Award winner is announced. Plus lots of “Columnews”…
Nancy Grace Love her or hate her, your readers know Nancy Grace. They know her as the outspoken legal analyst on CNN’s Headline News and ABC’s Good Morning America … or as a gritty competitor on last season’s “Dancing With the Stars” series. – You’ll get to meet her and judge for yourself when you…
Writers’ Academy Article previously published in Freelance Focus at PR Newswire, 3/21/2012 By Suzette Martinez Standring Maybe you write an informational or how-to column or blog based on a passionate interest. A popular column is an unbeatable platform for self-expression. Whether it’s about woodworking, social media, or pets, prepare your pitch to an…
How Lewis Grizzard Shaped American Newspaper Column Writing. Dedra Grizzard, wife of the late, great humorist, special guest.
– TOUR THE BIG HOUSE – ALLMAN BROTHERS MUSEUM – MACON GEORGIA – MAY 4 – When Capricorn Records was around, with the likes of The Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band and Wet Willie, Macon was the epicenter of rock ‘n’ roll.
Brian J. O’Connor, The Detroit News, was named a finalist in commentary in the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards, honors the best work in the communications industry and journalism education. O’Connor was Chair of the NSNC Annual Conference last year in Detroit and is currently a member of the Board of Directors. The Scripps Howard…
Award-winning photo by Derrick Jackson Here are the awards Derrick Jackson was blessed to receive this awards season: Jackson was named the Writing & Photography winner respectively for Blog & Action from the Outdoor Writers Association of America.The image was also the President’s Choice among all categories of Photography. Both the writing & photography were…
At the recent National Federation of Press Women conference in Ellicott City, Maryland, Mary C. Curtis received awards: Congratulations, Mary!
Helen B. Aitken’s debut novel, “Blame It On Paris,” earned First Runner-Up honors in the Best Comedy category of the 2026 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards. The award followed Aitken’s unusual achievement of placing two books among the category’s six finalists. Her second novel, “Love at First Spark,” was also named a Best Comedy Finalist.…
I’m Jeremy Desmon, a musical theater bookwriter and lyricist who’s taught a writing workshop at Princeton for twenty years. I built RhymeHamster as a side project because I found it hard to find great, quality rhymes on the endless, computer-generated lists so many existing sites give you. I shared it with my students, and they…
By Barry Damsky (Published in the May 21, 2008 Utica, NY, Observer Dispatch) Suh, Suh, Suh, Sal, Is ThatReally You? The headline in the April 28, 2008 Utica Observer Dispatch poked at me. It read, “Ex-convicts stage play.” The article was about a play that recently opened in New York about four ex-convicts…
