2011 College Columnists Scholarships Presented

Jocelyn Rousey of Boston College was presented with the 2011 NSNC Education Foundation Scholarship award following lunch at an infamous Detroit landmark called American Coney Island. In accepting the award, Jocelyn commented that the thing that had impressed her most about attending the columnists' conference was the passion for writing that columnists show.  One of …

WikiLeaks and Ivory Tower Journalism

By Jocelyn Rousey, Staff Columnist, The Heights, Boston College NSNC First Place Scholarship Winner WikiLeaks is the Facebook of journalism. And I don't mean that in a "Yay, modern technology meets journalism! Whoopee!" sort of way. Rather, WikiLeaks, the online nonprofit group that provides an anonymous medium through which disgruntled government insiders can lead state …

2011 Scholarship Winners Announced

Jocelyn Rousey of Boston College was announced as First Place winner of the NSNC Education Foundation College Student Scholarship Contest. Second Place went to Gavin Mathis, Washington State University and Third Place winner was Jillian Werthei of  UC  Berkeley. First prize is $1,000 and a trip to the Annual NSNC Conference as a guest of The Society. Second prize is $500 and Third …