Category: Scoop


  • Do you know we have a celebrity in our midst? Our very own Randy Jones, NPC VP of Programs, and formally known as Randall Kenneth Jones, is starring in The Naples Players production of The Great American Trailer Park, opening October 9 at the Sugden Community Theatre. “I am sure most NPC people have NO IDEA that

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  • Those Press Club of Southwest Florida members who aren’t in town at this time of year may think all press club action in the summer could be represented by the sound of crickets chirping. Not so! It is true we do not schedule monthly luncheons from June through September. But we do gather at networking

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  • The Newsroom Phil Built

    As Phil Lewis embarks for new adventures after 35 years at the Naples Daily News, many former staffers have waxed nostalgic about his leadership and his journalism. It’s my honor to do the same here. I grew up in Phil’s newsroom, the one on Central with dirty carpet and back copies of papers stacked so

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  • Tuesday, October 15 at 11:30am / The Hilton Naples Rates: $45.00 – Member/Spouse – via check sent to NPC by October 1            $47.50 – Member/Spouse – via credit card or Paypal by October 8 using online link below https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8178328601            $50 – Nonmember via credit card or Paypal via

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  • October 24, 2013 – Kathleen van Bergen, CEO, Artis–Naples November 21, 2013—KC Schulberg, Member of a Hollywood Family Dynasty of Filmmakers December 5, 2013—“The Magic of the Holidays” with Keith Raygor; NPC Annual Meeting January 23, 2014—Mei-Mei Chan, Publisher, Fort Myers News-Press February 27, 2014—open March 27, 2014–Richard Broome, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs

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  • I’m the new NPC SCOOP editor, and while I know some of you, I certainly don’t know all of you, and that’s one of the things I’d like to accomplish – getting to know each other. Most of us have come from somewhere other than Florida – and I know we have such varied and

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  • On June 8, our treasurer, Connie Kindsvater, hosted the entire Board of Governors (a miracle that everyone could attend!) at Pelican Isle Yacht Club for our annual planning retreat.  We had time to discuss several issues we’d only glossed over during the year. We also focused on our club’s direction for the upcoming year. SCOOP

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  • Oscar Santiago (Golden Gate HS 2011), one of our Press Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship Students, attended the June 20th NPC Mixer and shared some of his recent activities. In May he attended the Florida Model Legislature as a member of the Press Corp. In June he presented the Florida College System Student Government Association

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