As a lifelong movie fan, Nick Clooney knew that not every TV star can make the transition to the big screen.
Think Tom Selleck or David Caruso.
It’s hard to fathom now, but Clooney had doubts that George, his Oscar-winning son, would be able to convert his “ER” TV fame into box office success in “From Dusk [...]

Nick Clooney, a writer and television personality who ran for Congress in Northern Kentucky in 2004, has joined the faculty at American University in Washington D.C.
Clooney, who lives in Augusta, an Ohio River town in Bracken County, will teach this fall as American University School of Communication and Newseum Distinguished Journalist in Residence. The appointment [...]

Nick Clooney
He has made a lifelong career out of pursuing his ideals, which began at age 16, delivering the news on air at WFTM, a Maysville, Kentucky radio station. Now, you can find him mobilizing efforts to end violence in Darfur, addressing the United Nations Security Council, and hosting the politically conscious and socially relevant [...]

For 4 and a half months during the year 1994, the Channel 2 Newsdesk was occupied by Nick Clooney. He anchored with Laurie Lisowski, Ed Kilgore and Kevin O’Connell.  When he was here, his famous son George’s career was taking off big time. Though only here a few months, Nick says he fell in love [...]

On Thursday I talked to Nick Clooney, a journalist and the father of George Clooney, about their recent trip to Darfur, which raised more awareness of that dire situation in 10 days than America’s top journalists had been able to do in two years. “George calls it his celebrity credit card, and he’s willing to [...]

Nick’s writes about the many family birthdays in the month of May. Here’s what he has to say about George’s recent birthday.

Our son George’s birthday is only four days later on May 6th. He is buried in work, so it wasn’t possible for us to throw him a party. Also, I was scheduled to deliver [...]

Commencement Recognizes Largest Graduating Class
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2007) - The University of Kentucky today recognized a record number of candidates for undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees, at its 140th Commencement in Lexington Center’s Rupp Arena.  The event honored more than 6,300 students who completed their degrees in May 2007, December 2006 and August 2006.
Broadcast [...]

KENTUCKY WRITER’S DAY 2007 
Nina Clooney thinks doing many different things at once is normal, which is why she and husband Nick have racked up enough frequent flyer miles to keep them in the air for the next 20 years, while traveling for work, pleasure and family events. When not in the air, Nina has rehabbed [...]

Melissa, blankets comfort refugees
Column by Nick Clooney
“Nick. It’s Melissa.”  Melissa Winkler, our pal from the International Rescue Committee. She went with our small group to Africa last spring.  “Melissa. Great to hear from you. Where are you, New York?”
“No. Chad. Bahai. You know, near the camp. Ooh, that is a very big bug. A beetle, [...]

Look it up: The ‘best minds’ are often wrong
Column by Nick Clooney
It is time - and past time - that we in this country have a serious national debate over what will happen when our combat troops leave Iraq, what we should do about it, and when.  Right now, we are letting others do our [...]