NAPLES PRESS CLUB ANNOUNCES NEW AWARDS FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS AND OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS An award ceremony took place at the June 1, 2017 Luncheon. Winners of the 2017 Young Journalists’ Honorarium Awards, $500 each, are: Print: Evan Williams, Florida Weekly Broadcast: Kim Powell, WINK News Winners of the 2017 Outstanding Scholarship Students’ Awards, $250 each,…
Six knowledgeable media professionals sat at tables in a room at the FGCU Cohen Center on Thursday, Oct. 29, for a panel presentation for 50 journalism students at FGCU. The panelists spoke and the students listened, took notes and asked questions. Jon Parla, General Sales Manager, Beasley Media Group-SWFL, started the conversation by talking about internships.…
“When Journalism Becomes a Character” is the title Lyn Millner, author and FGCU journalism professor, chose for her talk for the NPC members and guests at the Monday, Oct. 19, luncheon meeting at the Hilton-Naples. She spoke about the yellow journalism that she uncovered in the writing of her new book, “The Allure of Immortality”…
The Press Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship Committee wants to invite our press club and its members to establish a closer relationship with the ever-growing FGCU Journalism program (now with 166 students). To help build the relationship, NPC plans to host two panel presentations at FGCU during the 2015-16 academic year, one in the fall and one in the…
Press Club of Southwest Florida long-time member and NPC Board and Scholarship Committee member, William “Bill” A. Klauber, passed away Feb. 6, 2015, at the age of 82 at the Glenview in Pelican Bay. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. A native New Yorker, Klauber earned a BSJ Degree from Ohio…
The Press Club of Southwest Florida invites scholarship applications from Collier County high school seniors heading to college or Collier County high school graduates currently in college who plan to pursue a career as a journalist or photojournalist in print, electronic or broadcast media. A major qualification is a passionate devotion to the field of…
Barbara Peterson, 20-year leader of the First Amendment Foundation, was joined by Press Club of Southwest Florida (NPC) member and award-winning investigative journalist and Watchdog City founder, Gina Edwards, and Amy Tardif, chairwoman of the Radio Television Digital News Association, for a panel discussion regarding open government. Approximately 100 people attended the presentation on Feb. 5 with…
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