Category: Scoop


  • Your Board of Governors pays attention! In our member survey that accompanied your recent dues notice, we asked for your input. Many of you gave some thought to various issues and let us know your feelings. You want more programs relevant to press and media matters. We IMMEDIATELY gave you TV news icons Charlie Gibson

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  • When I hear radio and television interviews in which the speaker begins every answer with “Well, uh, I mean, like, uh, you know, uh, like…” I cringe.  That sucks up ten seconds of a thirty-second sound bite…and means absolutely nothing. The use of these stall-while-my-brain-kicks-into-gear fillers is somewhat forgivable when the interviewee is not a

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  • April 25, our NPC luncheon at the Hilton, will feature a fascinating look at “Modern Journalism” presented by journalism students from Florida Gulf Coast University, which NPC supports with an Endowed Annual Journalism Scholarship. Here’s a taste of what we’ll hear: Modern journalists have put down the pad and pencil in favor of digital technology. They

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  •   Mike Reagen, for the past ten years the president and CEO of The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, will be guest speaker at the February 28 luncheon meeting of Press Club of Southwest Florida, 11:30 at the Naples Hilton. The club will honor him for his leadership as he completes the final months of

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  • Gary Rosen, guest speaker for our 11:30 luncheon at the Hilton on February 28, has applied his marketing and public relations skills to more than twenty daily television shows. Among them are such “household names” as Maury (Povich), Judge Judy (Sheindlin), and Jerry Springer. Rosen’s “insider” stories about these and other stars he has worked

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  • The late Tom Cardamone was an NPC member and an artist. Originally from Brooklyn, Tom and his wife Ann moved to Naples many years ago, home to their business TGA Graphics. The Navy veteran attended Brooklyn College at the School of Visual Arts. Tom later returned to SVA where he taught for more than 20

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  • Open your eyes to the increased push for digital reading. The Alliance for Audited Media conducted a digital publishing survey, “How Media Companies are Innovating and Investing in Cross-Platform Opportunities.” Just shy of a 100 percent tally, the remaining 10 percent of respondents in 2012 said they plan to implement their mobile content during the next 12

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  • Keep up with current NPC happenings on Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/naplespressclub Twitter account @npcscoop There is also a list of NPC members on Twitter. You can follow them here: https://twitter.com/npcscoop/naples-press-club-members/members AND –  don’t forget the email address for sending news and articles to SCOOP:  npcscoop@aol.com

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  • Your Board in Action

    At the first NPC Board of Governors’ meeting of 2013, we began a discussion about enhancing the club’s presence in the community.  This topic is sure to span several board meetings. It may even turn into a multi-year project. For seven years, NPC visibly contributed to the community by hosting the Authors and Books Festival

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