Phil Lewis

• Phil Lewis: Placing a premium on quality content Published 05/05/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Each spring, the National Press Photographers Association invites a select group of accomplished newspaper and magazine veterans to Ohio University in Athens to select the year’s best examples of photojournalism. This year, the group picked the Naples Daily News as ...

• Phil Lewis: Behind the scenes of '60 Minutes' journalism Published 12/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  A few of our editors and reporters had to become quick experts on “whistleblower” lawsuits in the wake of the 60 Minutes report two weeks ago alleging Health Management Associates, Southwest Florida’s largest public company, was unduly pressuring doctors

• Phil Lewis: Airport-Pulling Road lot has a future -- and a history Published 12/09/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The story behind a special project's site

• Phil Lewis: A surprising move by the New York Times Published 09/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

  "All the news that's fit to print."

• Phil Lewis: How we track the weather ... and our readership Published 08/26/2012 at 4 a.m.

  How we track the weather and what people are reading

• Phil Lewis: How we work on all those endorsements Published 07/29/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Editorial boards at newspapers throughout Florida have had busy summers.

• Phil Lewis: Watchdog on public servants Published 06/10/2012 at 4 a.m.

  I remember the days when Illinois — Cook County in particular — was the butt of many a joke about paying off politicians, buying elections and public corruption in general.

• Phil Lewis: Readers take a shine to Lighthouse Project preview Published 02/12/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Thanks for the emails, notes and phone calls in response to last Sunday's front-page "Letter to Readers" that announced a major Naples Daily News initiative called the Lighthouse Project.

• Phil Lewis: Forecast for Sunshine in Tallahassee Published 02/05/2012 at 4 a.m.

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

• PHIL LEWIS: Marines’ ‘free press’ tradition marches on Published 03/06/2011 at 6 a.m.

  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: The rest of the story about the Immokalee High School football game incident Published 10/07/2012 at 4 a.m.

  A late-night report by our sports staff back on Sept. 7 was both troubling and surprising.

• Letter to readers: Editor Phil Lewis announces initiative, the Lighthouse Project Published 02/04/2012 at 4 p.m.

  Letter to readers: Editor Phil Lewis announces initiative, the Lighthouse Project

• PHIL LEWIS: May 15, 2011 ... Interest in ‘death photos’ veto not prurient Published 05/14/2011 at 6:01 p.m.

  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 Published 05/07/2011 at 6 p.m.

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

• PHIL LEWIS: April 18, 2011 ... Journalism isn't 'dying profession' after all Published 04/18/2011 at 9:20 a.m.

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

• PHIL LEWIS: March 20, 2011 ... Publishing -- and unpublishing -- the news Published 03/19/2011 at 6:01 p.m.

  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 Published 03/11/2011 at 11:56 a.m.

  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 ...

• PHIL LEWIS: Shedding light on how Sunshine Law does and does not work Published 02/20/2011 at 6 a.m.

  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: Candidates on video; tracking our tourists Published 07/31/2010 at 5:04 p.m.

  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 Published 07/24/2010 at 5:06 p.m.

  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.

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