Michael Paul Williams is one of those columnists who makes other columnists exhale after reading him: “So, that’s how it’s done,” we sigh.
Q&A With Michael Paul Williams, NSNC Award Recipient and Now a Pulitzer Winner!
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And the 2021 Winners Are…
Below you’ll not only find the winners but the winner’s winning columns.
Introducing Our New Executive Director
By Cassie McClureNSNC Executive Director You can blame bad salsa. I do. That’s how my column-writing history started. I had already been doing food reviews steadily for a few years when a perturbed restaurant owner came into the newsroom to complain about my commentary on his watery salsa. Unfortunately for him, I was, and am,…
The Depressing Sprint to Jettison Print
Early in the morning of Feb. 26, the last edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that would ever be printed on a Friday landed on stoops, porches, sidewalks, lawns, and hedges with the indifference most of us had grown used to over the years.
2023 Conference Speakers
NSNC ConferenceFriday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29 Virtual Conference NSNC Virtual Conference Schedule 2023 Friday (7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and Saturday (11 a.m.- 5 p.m. EST) Virtual Conference Friday 7 p.m. – Welcome and announcements – Ginny McCabe, NSNC executive director, and Lori Duff, NSNC president 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. – KEYNOTE #1…
Signing a Book Contract: Dos, Don’ts and Dirty Little Secrets
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Webinar: Thursday, February 25, 2021, 7:00 p.m. EST Free to NSNC Members Register HERE $25.00 for non-members Register HERE Become a Member HERE . Are you prepared to negotiate a book contract? Columnists and bloggers are expanding their platforms into authorship. There are important aspects for contracts with hybrid and traditional publishers: rights, royalties, risks,…
Editor Etiquette for Freelance Writers
An editor’s job is to manage content and shape submissions to match their publication’s style and objective. Working with freelancers is part of that job and there are a few simple things that will help you stand out among your colleagues and be deemed “a dream to work with.”
2023 Conference – Member Rate
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The 2023 National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference is set for Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29, 2023. The conference will be held virtually. Early bird registration through June 30 is $175; non-member rated is $250 through June 30. The price increases $100 after June 30. For more information and to purchase tickets, go…
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Column Writing Is Your Superpower to Enact Change in Your Community
By NSNC President Tony Norman and NSNC Communications Director Bonnie Jean Feldkamp Columns, as opposed to explanatory news stories, are uniquely positioned in the journalistic ecosystem to get things done. Unlike our just-the-facts reporter counterparts, we columnists get to directly call out our elected officials and community leaders, hold them to account, and ask for…
John Avlon
John Avlon is an author, columnist and commentator. He is a senior political analyst and fill-in anchor at CNN, appearing on New Day every morning. From 2013 to 2018, he was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast, during which time the site’s traffic more than doubled to over one million readers a…
Write to Unite
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Register now $25 for NSNC Members. Register Here – Login to access your discount. $45 if you are Not a Member of the NSNC. Register Here (SPJ members Use CINCYSPJ Coupon Code Here for discounted rate) Not a Member? Join Now! Together in partnership with the Cincinnati chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the NSNC presents Write…
Kevin Aldridge
Kevin Aldridge to moderate Write to Unite Discussion on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Kevin S. Aldridge, 46, is a Middletown, Ohio native and a veteran, award-winning journalist with nearly 25 years of experience in the news media. He currently works as the opinion and engagement editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com. He…
Welcome, George Will
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Together in partnership with The Society of Professional Journalists, the NSNC presents A Night with George Will, the recipient of The National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2020 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award. On Thursday, December 3 at 8 p.m. (ET), legendary conservative columnist George Will will reflect on the highs and lows of his career, his…
The New Normal Now Goes Far Beyond the Final Score
Little did sportswriters and columnists Clarence E. Hill, Jr. and Marcus Thompson II know that covering Super Bowl LIII in Miami might be the last major sporting event they cover in-person in 2020.
From Music Critic to Columnist to Your New NSNC President
If some kid hadn’t vomited on me at a David Bowie/Nine Inch Nails concert in 1995, I wouldn’t be a newspaper columnist today.