Author: Renny Severance


  • Press Club Confronts AI

    Press Club Confronts AI

    AI is all the rage—and all the fear. Everyone is talking about it everywhere, even in the halls of Congress. It is quite possible that AI will prove to be the most world-changing invention since the wheel or the printing press. But how it changes things is the big concern. At the October Press Club…

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  • Rich Kolko of WINK News Shares Tales of His Wide-Ranging Career

    The Press Club of Southwest Florida held its monthly luncheon at the Naples Hilton on Tuesday, October 7. The guest speaker was Rich Kolko, a former pilot for the US Navy, former Olympics coach for three games, retired FBI special agent and currently the Safety and Security expert for WINK News in Fort Myers. He…

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  • Press Club Celebrates World Press Freedom Day

    On May 1, 2025, the Press Club of Southwest Florida held its monthly luncheon at the new AC Marriott Hotel in downtown Naples. In observation of World Press Freedom Day, the event featured a panel composed of WINK News Anchor Chris Cifatte, News-Press Executive Editor Cindy McCurry-Ross, and Senior Editor David Dorsey of Gulfshore Business Magazine.…

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  • Ambassador Tony Hall: A True Humanitarian

    It is rare and refreshing to encounter a public official who is more focused on a mission to improve the condition of humanity than he is on his own re-election. But Tony Hall, the guest speaker for the January 10 Press Club of Southwest Florida luncheon, was just that. Hall, former Democratic Congressman from Dayton,…

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  • Watergate 50 Years Later: Gregg Ramshaw Takes Press Club Down Memory Lane with Humor and Humility

    The featured speaker for the Press Club’s March luncheon was Gregg Ramshaw, an ideal individual to guide us down Memory Lane from 1972 to 1974. At the ripe old age of 27, he had been named the Washington correspondent of Chicago Today newspaper, the afternoon little brother of the Chicago Tribune. Nearly all the Press Club members…

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  • Speaker Sandy Parker Makes Voting “Web of Complexities Understandable to Mere Mortals”

    The speaker at the January 18 luncheon meeting was club member Sandy Parker, founder and writer of Sparkers-Soapbox.com, a nonpartisan blog, website, and newsletter dedicated to “facilitating and encouraging informed voting in Collier County and throughout Florida.” Naturally, in presidential election years, we are focused on electing a president and perhaps to a lesser degree,…

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