Category: Scoop
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Six knowledgeable media professionals sat at tables in a room at the FGCU Cohen Center on Thursday, Oct. 29, for a panel presentation for 50 journalism students at FGCU. The panelists spoke and the students listened, took notes and asked questions. Jon Parla, General Sales Manager, Beasley Media Group-SWFL, started the conversation by talking about internships.
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It was 2003, and Angelina Spencer was doing field research on prostitution when she was a graduate student at George Washington University. Her research took her to the Blue Marlin Club in Costa Rica, interviewing prostitutes as to why they started doing that kind of work. But something else happened there that changed her attitude
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a Press Club of Southwest Florida Newsletter from January 1998 written by David Pfaff. 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. With
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THE LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING I started young adulthood solo in California when everyone I knew resided in my small Midwestern hometown. Writing letters filled loneliness for the familiar as I pursued my dreams. Because I continued to travel from one end of the globe to another over the passing years, I added new
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Our October Board of Governors meeting, on Oct. 6, dealt with several issues tabled over the summer, following our May strategic planning retreat. We took a critical look at our membership categories and decided they didn’t need to be expanded but worked just fine. So as we go forward, we will continue with a “regular”
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Angelina Spencer, President Empowerment Enterprises, Ltd. How Writers can Help Human Trafficking Victims Angelina Spencer, one of the founders of Empowerment Enterprises, Ltd. a Washington, D.C.-based government relations firm that advocates against human trafficking, is resilient and determined, and she’s firm with anyone who gets between her and her coffee. Fun Facts When asked about
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The Press Club of Southwest Florida Nominating Committee (Marisa Cleveland, Robin DeMattia, Jeff Margolis), are pleased to present the following slate of nominees for officers and governors for a term of two years commencing immediately following the election at our annual meeting on Dec. 7. Officers David Silverberg has agreed to be slated to assume
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“When Journalism Becomes a Character” is the title Lyn Millner, author and FGCU journalism professor, chose for her talk for the NPC members and guests at the Monday, Oct. 19, luncheon meeting at the Hilton-Naples. She spoke about the yellow journalism that she uncovered in the writing of her new book, “The Allure of Immortality”
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