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Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships, a unique seminar program for mid-career journalists who want to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict, and tragedy. The deadline for applications is July 24, 2009. For more information please visit the Web site, www.dartcenter.org/fellowships.

2009-06-30T12:22:06+01:00 2009-06-30T12:22:06+01:00 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/dateline-4/?hp

Photojournalist Moises Saman, who has been covering the war in Iraq since 2002 for Newsday and The New York Times, reflects on how things have changed in the country as American troops withdraw this week in an installment of the Times' blog, Lens, which is accompanied by a slideshow of his black-and-white reportage.

2009-06-24T19:03:04+01:00 2009-06-24T19:03:04+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/search.html

PhotoShelter has launched a free online "cookbook" to let photographers know how to optimize their photography Web sites to take advantage of today's search engine technology and analytical tools.

2009-06-23T13:35:07+01:00 2009-06-23T13:35:07+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/kodachrome.html

At one time Kodak's most popular film, a strip of celluloid that help to launch the careers of a generation of famous magazine photographers, Kodachrome has been "retired" by its maker after 74 years, leaving behind a chorus of melancholy voices humming Paul Simon's lyrics, " ... Mama don't take my Kodachrome away."

2009-06-22T16:32:52+01:00 2009-06-22T16:32:52+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/kodachrome.html

Eastman Kodak announced the news today: Kodachrome, its oldest film and a central player in its portfolio for 74 years, officially retires today.

2009-06-19T20:37:11+01:00 2009-06-19T20:37:11+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/bellingham.html

John Moore of Getty Images, whose gripping photographs of the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in late 2007 earned him two first-place World Press Photo awards, will be among the presenters at this year’s Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference

2009-06-19T11:07:33+01:00 2009-06-19T11:07:33+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/card.html

The National Press Photographers Association has announced the availability of a new inexpensive Photo ID Membership Card that can be purchased online by NPPA's active professional and Life members.

2009-06-18T15:55:20+01:00 2009-06-18T15:55:20+01:00 http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2009/06/17/9606/kare_lays_off_newsrooms_heart_and_soul David Brauer

David Brauer reports from Minneapolis that the "heart and soul" of KARE 11's newsroom, senior executive producer Lonnie Hartley, has been laid off at the Gannett station, where an anchor as well as a marketing executive were also let go days ago, and Gannett employees have been forced to take three weeks of furloughs as the company struggles financially.

2009-06-16T17:18:23+01:00 2009-06-16T17:18:23+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/hearst.html

Tim Hussin of the University of Florida has added another top honor to his award-winning year of photography. Hussin is this year's winner in the annual William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship, held last week in San Francisco.

2009-06-16T00:08:41+01:00 2009-06-16T00:08:41+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/06/maine.html

After being on the block for more than a year, the Portland Press Herald, the Maine Sunday Telegram, and other Maine papers owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers have been sold by the parent company, The Seattle Times Co., for an undisclosed price.