Naples Writers' Conference / Authors & Books Festival 2011 The annual Naples Writers' Conference and its sister event, the Authors & Books Festival, are scheduled for April 9th and 10th, 2011. Online registration for this exciting and inspiring event is now open. You may register for the…
Department of “Well Said”…
Jim Sheeler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, on his appointment to the faculty at Case Western Reserve University, speaking about a profession undergoing at least a midlife crisis: "A notebook is a passport to all sorts of places…Journalists will discover someway…
Ponderisms
Goodbye to Edwin Newman,outstanding journalist and defender of the honor of the English language. Newman was known for his erudite puns. One of the best : "The man who blotted his wet shoes with newspaper, explaining,"These are the Times that dry…
Carole Greene – Spotlight on NPC Members
This is the first in a series of columns about our members, their careers and activities — then and now. SCOOP welcomes your ideas and/or contributions to this column. by Brooke Mundy Carole Greene has every right to be…
On and off the Net…
Are you "xenolexic"* ? This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List." Sandra Yeyati shared an interesting article that includes this note: Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with…
Attn Newshounds: World News In a Milliminute
Click on the link below, put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world, and the newspaper headlines pop up… Double click on the city and the newspaper page gets larger…you can read the entire paper for some, if you click…
Ponderisms
Some puns for educated minds: 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but…
Inside Scoop – April 2010
The Scoopsters have done it again. So much activity going on with NPC members, it’s hard to keep up. Sandy Lender will get the best birthday present ever. She tells us: “I am stoked beyond words. The August/September issue of…
May 27th Luncheon – Future for TV Viewing
Future for TV viewing: Thousands of channels? Cable vs. Direct TV vs. HiDef vs. Fiber Optic? All of the above, some of the above? With the Federal deregulation of the telecommunications industry there is an emergence of effective competition to rising…
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