Category: Scoop


  • Recollections of 9/11: Please Share

    Our Program Committee is in the early stages of putting together a special 25th anniversary commemoration panel discussion to be held this September, and we need your help. Leading up to that luncheon meeting, we plan to publish your stories in SCOOP. We’re looking for articles about where you were on September 11, 2001, and how

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  • COMMENTARY: The Court Got One Right, But There’s More to Do

    Last week, a federal judge took a commendably principled stance for journalists and the public’s right to know. Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled in favor of defending the truth against corrupt power. In striking down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to control who reports from the Pentagon, Judge Friedman didn’t just rule on a policy;

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  • COMMENTARY: Exploiting Dead American Heroes for Fundraising Is Disgraceful

    My grandmother came to spend the Christmas holidays with me in Washington, D.C. It was 1987, and I was excited to host my sweet, gentle grandmother, who’d never been to the nation’s capital. There was so much I wanted to show her.  To my surprise, she just wanted to visit Arlington National Cemetery. It was

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  • COMMENTARY: Why the Anthropic Story Is Important

    On the night of September 26, 1983, a Soviet military officer sat alone in a command bunker outside Moscow, staring at a computer screen that indicated the United States had just launched nuclear missiles. The system was certain. The warning lights flickered. The computers claimed the attack was genuine. The protocol required Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov

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  • Press Club News

    Press Club News

    The Press Club’s Board of Governors approved several motions on February 17th aimed at strengthening the organization by welcoming new voices and leadership. The board selected Heidi Rambo Centrella as Vice President of the Press Club, a role that had been vacant for the past several years. For those unfamiliar with Heidi, she is the

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  • COMMENTARY: Shoveling Mercury with a Pitchfork

    Threat Inflation and the Illusion of Predictable War If you have ever tried to shovel mercury with a pitchfork, you understand the Middle East. You stab at it. It scatters. You think you have it contained. It reforms somewhere else. It’s extremely dangerous to humans.  Journalists, don’t buy into any notion of a simple result

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  • Opera Naples Sets the Stage for Their Bright Future with Press Club Audience

    Melanie Kalnins grew up immersed in musical theater, singing, dancing, and playing the piano. Kalnins knew she was an artist from the beginning, and after years of nurturing her love for the arts, she now serves as the executive director of Opera Naples, where she sees an opportunity for the current Southwest Florida arts community

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  • The First Amendment Is Not a Weapon

    My News Literacy students at Florida Gulf Coast University are just beginning their exploration of The First Amendment, including what it protects and what it does not. I have extensive experience with the First Amendment, having led large newsrooms across the country. Still, I constantly learn new things about its strengths and vulnerabilities.   As

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  • COMMENTARY: The Spitting Cobra

    Someone should ask Karoline Leavitt what it feels like to be miserable all the time.   You’re probably already rolling your eyes. There he goes again, another complaining liberal criticizing the White House press secretary. Believe what you want. My concern isn’t about political ideology. It’s about the public interest, specifically the duty of public

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