Category: Scoop


  • Inside Scoop

    A Friendly Reminder… About A Friendly Happy Hour Thursday, February 11, 2010, at the Bellasera Hotel, 221 9th Street South, Naples – 5 to 7 pm. Cost: $10. “Friendlyvision” – Fred Friendly & the Rise and fall of Television Journalism” – Cocktails and conversation with author, Ralph Engelman Ralph Engelman, Ph.D, is the journalism department chair of Long…

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  • Here are some books by NPC member/authors popping up lately: Past President Joan Curley has had her seventh book published, entitled “LUCIAN’S BOAT, The Story of a Boy’s Life by the Sea”.  She was inspired to write it while viewing a painting by Tom Cardamone, at the von Liebig Art Center Show. The book, for…

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  • “An inside story from an insider featuring behind the scenes of military meetings, boardrooms, and parlors of the Washington power elite.” That’s how the books of Karna Bodman have been described. She served in the White House under President Reagan for six years, first as deputy press secretary under James Brady and later as Senior…

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  • The Community Foundation of Collier County recently announced a new coffee table book titled "Images of Hope." It is a photographic essay about Immokalee by world renowned photographer Brynn Bruijn with commentary by press club member Phil Beuth.  Both Brynn and Phil will offer a multi-media presentation of their work to the press club on…

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  • January 13, 2010 – 12:00pm: Images of Hope Luncheon The Community Foundation of Collier County recently announced a new coffee table book titled "Images of Hope." It is a photographic essay about Immokalee by world renowned photographer Brynn Bruijn with commentary by press club member Phil Beuth. Both Brynn and Phil will offer a multi-media presentation of…

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  • The Scoop Redux

         2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger (not Tiger Woods' year however,) and NPC will be taking the tiger by the tail and introducing an e-newsletter.      The new version of an old favorite will include all the usual : save the dates,event announcements ,recaps and pix, and member profiles.      Some fun…

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  •    But who are you?      The recent NPC member survey revealed that several members are willing to work on a newsletter.       Well, here's your chance.      Scooping and Snooping has always been the strong suit of journalists, print and electronic, and an electronic version of the newsletter will require lots…

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  •         It's hard to believe that human trafficking could be happening right in our own backyard.     This startling fact was hammered home with a bang to many in the audience, at last month's discussion of the topic sponsored by the Press Club at Edison College.      Nola Theiss, director of the…

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  • Who knew that Neal Conan was the inspiration for Conan the Barbarian?     Seems like many at the WGCU sponsored luncheon in November were aware that this smooth talking host of NPR's "Talk of the Nation" was the model for this cartoon character.     Lots of NPR listeners, WGCU staffers, Press Club members,…

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