Author: Connie Kindsvater
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Shrinking Shores and the Aftermath: An Investigative Journalism Series by Eric Staats and Ryan Mills
“Shrinking Shores,” the recent four-part investigative journalism series in the Naples Daily News, took two years to pull together, said Ryan Mills. He and Eric Staats co-authored the series with the first segment being published in the Nov. 13, 2016, Naples Daily News. They told the approximately 50 members and guests of the Press Club…
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2017-18 Scholarship Information and Application The Press Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship Committee is currently interviewing students who are interested in obtaining a Terrence J. Miller $1,000 Press Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship. Interested students need to be graduating from a Collier County high school this spring, or need to be past graduates from…
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“Visitors drive the economic development in Collier County,” said Jack Wert, Executive Director of the Naples, Florida Convention and Visitors Bureau. In his January 5 luncheon talk for an audience of Press Club of Southwest Florida members and guests numbering close to 50, Wert pointed out that residents of Naples, Marco Island and Everglades City…
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Panel Discussion at Nov. 3, 2016 NPC Luncheon A week before the unprecedented 2016 American election, four veteran journalists, Judd Cribbs, Phil Jones, Jeff Lytle and Bob Orr, treated 56 Press Club of Southwest Florida luncheon attendees to a timely, in-depth discussion of the controversial role of the media in this election. NPC…
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Melissa Gomez – University of Florida I spent this past summer in Las Vegas, interning with the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its sister publication, El Tiempo, for 10 weeks through a partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. I had the chance to profile interesting folks of Las Vegas, attend court cases and I…
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For 2016-17, we have three new scholarship students, who are also honorary members of the Press Club of Southwest Florida. The two new students who have been awarded the 2016-17 NPC Terrence J. Miller $1,000 Renewable Journalism Scholarship are Tamica Jean-Charles and Jaynie Louise Tice. Tamica is a graduating senior from Naples High…
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Speaking to the Press Club of Southwest Florida at its May 16 luncheon, Rob Moher, President and CEO of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, talked about “How to ‘eat’ your fish cake and have it, too: The Future of SWFL from an Environmental Perspective.” “The bad news is that the growth in Florida, since 2014,…
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Press Club of Southwest Florida member Cynthia S. Bercowetz, of Naples, Fla. and Bloomfield, Conn., died Wednesday, April 6 in Naples. She was attending a Naples Lions Club meeting and suffered a stroke from which she did not recover. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 31 years, Herman Bercowetz. She was…
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On April 4, the Press Club of Southwest Florida sponsored a second panel presentation at FGCU, this one specifically for Professor Lyn Millner’s two journalism writing classes. Organized by Connie Kindsvater, NPC scholarship chairman, the panel consisted of: Moderator Soni Dimond, VP Corporate Communications, Beasley Media Group Brett Blackledge, Investigations/Enterprise Editor, Naples Daily News Chris Cifatte,…
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