Category: Scoop
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“I’m just trying to go through life without looking stupid. It’s not working out too well.” –Brian Regan Can you relate? Every few years, a headline circulates through our national conversation, asking whether Americans are “getting dumber.” Recently, New York magazine revisited that concern in an essay titled “Are We Getting Stupider?” and reached a quietly radical conclusion: We
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On Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Hilton Naples, the Press Club of Southwest Florida is pleased and proud to present Francis Rooney, a successful businessman, public servant, former U.S. Representative, and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, as its featured Newsmaker speaker. This promises to be a compelling lunch event for media professionals, civic-minded citizens,
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There is no gentle way to say this: The America that today’s young journalists will cover is not the America my generation inherited. It is more divided, more suspicious, more anxious, and more openly hostile to truth. We once thought the difficult part of journalism was getting the story. Today, the hard part is convincing
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The Press Club of Southwest Florida welcomed two influential voices to its November Newsmakers Luncheon, Dave Lougee, former President and CEO of TEGNA, and Maria Jimenez-Lara, CEO of the Naples Children Foundation (NCF), for a wide-ranging conversation that underscored both the disruption transforming modern media and the profound impact of philanthropy on the region’s most
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“When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” That old truth has never felt more urgent than in this moment, when the President of the United States dismisses a reporter with the words “Quiet, piggy,” and then, in a separate context, shrugs off one of the most brazen journalist murders of the modern era.
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On Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Hilton Naples, the Press Club of Southwest Florida is pleased and proud to present Francis Rooney, a successful businessman, public servant, former U.S. Representative, and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, as its featured Newsmaker speaker. This promises to be a compelling lunch event for media professionals, civic-minded citizens,
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The recently released 20,000 Jeffrey Epstein emails make one thing painfully clear: Some of the biggest names in media weren’t watchdogs. They were enablers. New York Times journalist Shaun McCreech is examining emails, and a troubling pattern emerges. Journalists, editors, publishers, and publicists entrusted with public trust helped a convicted predator plan his return to respectability. They
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“There are no permanent majorities.” That line, echoing after last week’s election results, serves as more than just political commentary. It’s a moral reminder, especially for journalists, of the importance of our work. When Both Sides Fail the People If the recent government shutdown proved anything, it’s that dysfunction knows no party. It takes both
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We hope you will join us Nov. 18 when Dave Lougee addresses the Press Club (click here for full details). Also appearing at the luncheon is Maria Jimenez-Lara, Chief Executive Officer of the Naples Children Foundation (NCF), formerly known as the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF). Maria will discuss the non-profit organization’s new streamlined