Category: News
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Nicholas Idler, who helped us on last fall’s NPC bios project for our website, now works as an associate multimedia journalist in the sports department at the Naples Daily News. His first feature article appeared on the front page of the sports section in the April 27 edition. “Usually,” Nick told me, “I work a
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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
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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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Reflecting on the year just past, I think of two words: outreach and growth. The club has grown not only in membership—in December we welcomed our 150th dues-paying member—but also in the ways we influence the greater Naples community. If I listed everything our Press Club of Southwest Florida has done in 2014 that makes me
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I along with my husband Adam and our two-year-old daughter Audrey welcomed our son Alec Indiana Fisher to our family on Nov. 12, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces and was 20 inches long. Audrey loves being a big sister. I will be out of the Naples Daily News office until the first
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The Naples Daily News’ community publications won 12 awards in the annual Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism competition, including the Collier Citizen receiving second place for the prestigious Lucy Morgan Award for In-Depth Reporting and page designer Donald Haberkorn bringing home more than half of the accolades. “The sheer number of awards speaks to
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Every year, some officers and governors’ terms expire while some continue. With that overlap device, we don’t elect an entirely new board every two years. This year, the two-year terms will expire for president, vice-president/programs, vice-president/administration and several governors. Because our treasurer has been on the job for more than five years, she asked to
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You busy people have space on your calendar for one more event during October, don’t you? Make it this one, the Press Club of Southwest Florida’s event saluting Southwest Florida’s working press. Hosting this entertaining special event is John Sorey, Executive Director of The Naples Players (TNP). Your calendar should read “NPC Salutes Working Press,”
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Journalists from Southwest Florida were among those honored recently in the Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine State Awards. Four Southwest Florida journalists were honored with Special Category Awards that were open to journalists from all media statewide. — Fort Myers News-Press journalists Janine Zeitlin and Melanie Payne were honored with a first place “Diversity Award” for their
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