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Future for TV viewing: Thousands of channels?
Cable vs. Direct TV vs. HiDef vs. Fiber Optic?
All of the above, some of the above?
With the Federal deregulation of the telecommunications industry there is an emergence of effective competition to rising cable prices. More open access to potential competition for cable providers is now being discussed by many condominium associations locally.
In with laptops, texting, Twitter, video cameras, tripods...
It was an uplifting and impressive story FGCU journalism students, Alex Pena and Maryann Batlle, together with their professor Lyn Millner, told Press Club members at the March luncheon.
Daniel Bumstead, President of the Naples Council on World Affairs, will be the featured speaker at the April 22nd luncheon event.
One of the nice things about heading up a program is the support of the membership in making it a success. For those that attended this event, you already know that it was a sell out, but what you don't is that we had to turn another 75 away. It is not just that we had a good honoree, but also that you all got the word around.
On March 25, meet two FGCU students who are breaking new ground in the field of journalism. Maryann Batlle and Alex Pena will show their recent projects—taking you inside a homeless shelter in Hollywood, Fla., to the tomato fields of Immokalee, to the drug-ridden streets of Juarez, Mexico, and to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The work of these inspiring young journalists indicates a promising future for journalism. Lyn Millner, who developed the curriculum for the university’s forthcoming journalism degree, will outline the plans for the new program.
The ET Brisson Detachment, Marine Corps League of Naples, requests your attendance at the sixth Annual “Honor the Free Press Day”, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
This year’s honoree is Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of Newshour, Public Broadcast System.
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER ISSUES in NYC!
Join us for Happy Hour on Thursday, February 11th, 5:00 PM, with Ralph Engelman Ph.D, as our special guest. Dr. Engelman is the journalism department chair of Long Island University, as well as author of "Friendlyvision: Fred Friendly and the Rise and Fall of Television Journalism", recently published by Columbia University Press. He is making a special trip to Naples from New York for this exclusive Naples Press Club event.
5 pm to 7 pm, at the Bellasera Hotel, 221 9th Street South, Naples. Both members and non-members are invited to attend.
Cost: Members $10 -- Non-Members $12.
“An inside story from an insider featuring behind the scenes of military meetings, boardrooms, and parlors of the Washington power elite.”
That’s how the books of Karna Bodman have been described. She served in the White House under President Reagan for six years, first as deputy press secretary under James Brady and later as Senior Director of the National Security Council.
Her experiences have resulted in books in which her heroes race against time and terrorists mixing suspense, romance and death scenarios.
Reservation is Closed.
As the featured speaker at the Authors and Books Festival sponsored by the Naples Press club, Bodman, a Naples resident will speak about working in the West Wing and her latest challenge: writing novels with strong heroines countering contemporary threats. She will also sign her books:”Checkmate,” “Gambit” and “Final Finesse”.
The luncheon is Saturday April 10, 2010 at 11:45 AM, at Vergina on 5th Avenue South. It is a most popular kick off event for the Authors and Books Festival and early reservations are suggested.
There is a choice of three menu selections: Rigatoni Pomodoro, Chicken Parmigiana or Tilapia al Limon.
Naples' “Field of Dreams” will be addressed on January 26th, when Gary Price of Naples City Council, and the Fifth Avenue Advisors, and David Moulton of ESPN radio will speak at this newsmakers lunch.
The question of whether the Chicago Cubs will come to Naples in 2011 for spring training is on the agenda. This hot topic has been tossed around in the news for months, and Price has been extremely instrumental in trying to persuade the Cubs to make Naples their second home. Moulton, a frequent sports writer at the NDN, has past experience as Sports Anchor for ABC 7 and is currently co-host of “Miller and Moulton in the Afternoon”.
It's hard to believe that human trafficking could be happening right in our own backyard.
This startling fact was hammered home with a bang to many in the audience, at last month's discussion of the topic sponsored by the Press Club at Edison College.
Nola Theiss, director of the Human Trafficking Awareness group, here, punctuated her remarks with examples of distressing local situations that were eye-openers to many in the audience. She urged the group to be aware of this increasingly alarming problem that haunts transients and young female workers, and to call her agency with any suspicions or information.
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