News Updates from NPPA.org http://www.nppa.org/ 2008-05-12T18:00:01+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2008-05-12T14:10:55+01:00 2008-05-12T14:10:55+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/05/wipc.html

NPPA's 2008 Women In Photojournalism Conference committee has issued a Call For Entries for this year's juried photographic exhibit, with the theme for this year's contest being "Freedom of Expression."

2008-05-08T13:06:54+01:00 2008-05-08T13:06:54+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/workshops_and_seminars/convergence/2008/convergence.html

The schedule of workshops and speakers for NPPA's Convergence '08 has been finalized and the line-up is now online. Registration for Convergence '08 opens at 8 a.m. on Friday May 30 at the Downtown Marriott in Louisville, KY, and the event runs through Saturday night's annual awards banquet.

2008-05-08T01:15:35+01:00 2008-05-08T01:15:35+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/05/orphan02.html

"We cannot in good conscience support this bill," NPPA president Tony Overman wrote to Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, regarding the "Orphan Works Act of 2008," otherwise known as H.R. 5889.

2008-05-05T12:02:54+01:00 2008-05-05T12:02:54+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/05/biello.html By Julie E. Washington

CNN's veteran of hurricanes, presidential races, and bloody wars in remote corners of the globe will deliver a keynote address at NPPA's Convergence '08 in Louisville in May. Also on the line-up at the "greatest week in visual journalism" are featured speakers John Moore, Michel du Cille, Denny Simmons, Scott Jensen and Kinsey Wilson.

2008-05-01T17:31:14+01:00 2008-05-01T17:31:14+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/05/elections.html

NPPA members who are eligible to vote in elections can now cast their ballots for Directors and Associate Directors in Regions 1 & 9. The online voting started today and runs through the end of May.

2008-05-01T15:41:16+01:00 2008-05-01T15:41:16+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/05/boulat.html

The Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association has been established to honor the memories of the father and daughter photojournalists. At a reception in Brooklyn the launch of the inaugural Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant for photography was announced, a grant that will be awarded to projects that "seek to keep the spirit of the father and daughter alive.

2008-04-30T03:44:07+01:00 2008-04-30T03:44:07+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/04/presidents.html

A new photographic exhibit of more than 80 historical images from the Associated Press called "The American President" opened simultaneously this week in New York and Washington, and on May 9 the show travels to the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens.

2008-04-28T18:30:06+01:00 2008-04-28T18:30:06+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/04/coverngence_moore.html

NPPA's Photojournalist of the Year (Large Markets), and recent winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, John B. Moore will deliver a keynote address at NPPA's Convergence '08 in Louisville in May. Also on the line-up at the "greatest week in visual journalism" are featured speakers Michel du Cille, Denny Simmons, Scott Jensen, Mark Biello, and Kinsey Wilson.

2008-04-25T17:15:35+01:00 2008-04-25T17:15:35+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/04/orphan01.html Donald R. Winslow

The two Orphan Works bills introduced in the House and Senate may be an improvement over the proposal that died in committee in 2006, but some artists' groups still oppose the legislation. If passed, the new bills will require the Copyright Office to certify searchable electronic databases of orphaned visual works so that the public can see them.

2008-04-24T18:49:28+01:00 2008-04-24T18:49:28+01:00 http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/04/moore.html Donald R. Winslow

This year's winner of the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal is John B. Moore of Getty Images, who survived the December 2007 suicide attack on Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto and exclusively photographed her assassination in Rawalpindi. The Capa Medal honors the legacy of war photographer Robert Capa of Magnum Photos, and the "exceptional courage and enterprise" it takes to cover conflict abroad.