NPC member Phil Beuth spent his entire broadcasting career with one company. As the first employee of a fledgling media startup in 1955, Beuth worked his way up over a 40-year span, as Capital Cities grew to become one of America’s most influential and successful media companies. A Dickensian rags-to-riches tale of a disadvantaged boy,
NPC member and investigative reporter Gina Edwards introduced Naples Daily News columnist and speaker Brent Batten at the Press Club of Southwest Florida Holiday Luncheon/Annual Meeting on Monday, Dec. 7, at the Hilton-Naples. Batten graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Journalism and joined the Naples Daily News in 1985, as a police
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a Press Club of Southwest Florida Newsletter from March 2008 written by Suzanne Haworth. For us to move forward we must remember where we have been. On This Date is a fun way for NPC members to find out about the Press Club of Southwest Florida’s past. Jack
Dear fellow members, As we all recall, in 2007, the Press Club of Southwest Florida began an ambitious program to provide scholarships for journalism students. Over the past eight years, we have had the pleasure of sponsoring 21 students in what has become a very successful activity, reflecting positively on the club. Young persons from almost
Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. This month’s featured member is D.K. Christi. This is a blog post. I did not file credentials. Including confirmation of sources and attributions are not required. To get a wider readership and highlight my other blogs, I may embed related links. Bloggers don’t need
Brent Batten was born and raised in Central Ohio where he graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in journalism. He joined the staff of the Naples Daily News in 1985 as the police reporter. He has also served as the paper’s court reporter, Lee County bureau chief and city editor. He began writing
Our November board meeting came close to being unofficial. For the first five minutes we lacked a quorum: Three members were out of town. One was ill. Two more had to work into the evening. Then two additional governors arrived and we launched our business meeting. That occurrence gives me incentive to talk about the
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