Naples Daily News Stories: Phil Lewis

Phil Lewis: Forecast for Sunshine in Tallahassee

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0000

On occasion in Tallahassee, bills are introduced in the State Legislature to amend Florida's Sunshine Law.

Phil Lewis: Statewide stories have strong local ties

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0000

Two of the significant news stories that have come out of Tallahassee since the Florida Legislature opened its 2012 session this month deserve some comment

PHIL LEWIS: May 15, 2011 ... Interest in ‘death photos’ veto not prurient

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:01:00 -0000

Gov. Rick Scott is about to sign a new law that will keep the public from seeing photos or videos of someone being killed.

PHIL LEWIS: bin Laden's death ... Hard to avoid disbelievers, conspiracy fringe

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:00:00 -0000

In the darkness, two dozen war-toughened soldiers had cornered their man.

PHIL LEWIS: April 18, 2011 ... Journalism isn't 'dying profession' after all

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:20:00 -0000

Trustees at Florida Gulf Coast University will be asked Tuesday to approve a new degree program that’s close to my heart.

BEN BOVA: April 10, 2011 ... Cruise brings home the wonders of our home planet

bova1@aol.com (BEN BOVA) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:00:00 -0000

My dearest friend and I recently took a thoroughly enjoyable two-week cruise on the Holland America liner Statendam.

PHIL LEWIS: March 20, 2011 ... Publishing -- and unpublishing -- the news

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:01:00 -0000

If a newspaper has a web site -– and most do -– the editor is familiar with a telephone call that goes something like this:

Phil Lewis: Numbers are adding up for the Daily News

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:56:00 -0000

Those on a death watch for newspapers should take note of what’s happening here at the Naples Daily News. This winter we are registering healthy increases in paid subscribers — both weekday and Sunday, especially Sunday. That’s something we haven’t seen in the better part of a decade.

PHIL LEWIS: Marines’ ‘free press’ tradition marches on

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0000

When a fellow named Mike Trephan came to me eight years back with the idea of having the local Marine Corps League sponsor an "Honor the Free Press Day," I was all for it, yet a bit skeptical.

PHIL LEWIS: Shedding light on how Sunshine Law does and does not work

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0000

A note to John Lundin as Sunshine Week 2011 approaches: With friends like you Florida’s Sunshine Law doesn’t need any enemies.

PHIL LEWIS: Fact-checking site holds candidates accountable

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:02:00 -0000

If television commercials are your key source of election information, the big political races in Florida this year pit one unethical crook against another.

PHIL LEWIS: 25th anniversary of the First Amendment Foundation.

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:02:00 -0000

Reporters, editors, lawyers, the governor and noteworthy political candidates and assorted friends of open government met in Tampa last weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the First Amendment Foundation.

PHIL LEWIS: Obama falls short on ‘sunshine’ improvements

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:02:00 -0000

Florida has been a bright and shining force over the decades when it comes to keeping the public’s business public.

PHIL LEWIS: Clarifying the stakes in ballot amendments

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:02:00 -0000

A crowded and interesting — if you care at all about Florida and politics — ballot will be greeting voters in the coming general election.

PHIL LEWIS: Open-government seminar will spread much sunshine

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:02:00 -0000

Registration is open for our 2010 Sunshine Seminar co-sponsored by the First Amendment Foundation and the Florida Bar Association.

PHIL LEWIS: A ’90s video dream finally comes true

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:00:00 -0000

A cardboard box was on my desk Friday morning when I entered the news room. Though the shipping tag, which was marked “priority, overnight,” indicated it was sent Thursday from Knoxville, Tenn., it was something I’d been expecting for nearly 20 years.

Phil Lewis: Candidates on video; tracking our tourists

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:04:00 -0000

The Naples Daily News editorial board has wrapped up its interviews with candidates whose names will be on the Aug. 24 primary ballots in Lee and Collier counties.

Phil Lewis: Jackson Lab project no Stadium Naples

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:06:00 -0000

The Jackson Laboratory issue is generating dozens of letters to the editor and guest commentaries, hundreds of online comments and quite a few direct e-mails to the news room.

Phil Lewis: Seminar to focus on public records, open meeting laws

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:04:00 -0000

The Naples Daily News is going to co-host a Sunshine Seminar in September to better explain Florida’s public records and open meeting laws. Elected officials and the people who elect them — that would be the general public — will be invited along with our reporters and editors.

Phil Lewis: Another weather record for the year

pplewis@naplesnews.com (Phil Lewis) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:11:00 -0000

A few months back I devoted a column to the weather, noting that in 2010 Naples recorded the coldest winter on record. It didn’t take long to heat up.