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Pete Souza Named Obama's White House
Photographer
Photojournalist and NPPA member Pete Souza has been named as the
new official White House photographer.. more |
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Scout Tufankjian Pens Slate Essay About Gaza's
War
Photojournalist Scout Tufankjian..this week has written an essay
for Slate magazine about how to photograph war and its dead
based.. more
Election Front Pages Book Now Available, 25 Percent
Discount For NPPA Members
A collection of 75 historic newspaper front pages from the morning
after Barack Obama was elected.. more
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headlines, breaking news, educational event updates and to access
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Knight Fellowships
at Stanford University Application Deadline: Feb.1, 2009
$60,000 Stipend plus free tuition for academic year: 9/09-6/10.
For photojournalists and journalism innovators who have already
accomplished a lot and are ambitious to do more. Ideally,
candidates will have at least 7 years professional experience. For
more information: http://knight.stanford.edu/.
*Sponsored by Stanford University's
Knight Fellowship. |
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Register now for the Advanced StoryTelling
Workshop
Only 17 slots remain for the 2009 workshop April 5 – 10 at
Texas State University. Everyone’s a participant.
This exciting week long program is designed for experienced TV and
newspaper photographers, reporters, and video journalists (VJs). We
pick up where the Oklahoma Workshop leaves off. |
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Northern Short
Course 09 Register Now
Brooklyn, NY based photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally joins the
list of Saturday speakers for the NSC, March 19-21, 2009 at the
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, McLean, VA. Registration is open for
this years’ event featuring workshops in multimedia, video,
business practices, and a full visual educators track. For up
to date speakers and workshops go to www.northernshortcourse.com.
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Regions 2 And 4 Now Open For Online Voting
Online voting is now open for NPPA members in Regions 2 and 4 to
elect a Regional Director and associate director. Vote today by
visiting http://www.nppa.org/elections. |
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MNCC National Winner: 1st
Place Feature / Single 05/08, Shannon Szwarc / Columbus
Ledger-Enquirer, top left: Margot McCrillis, 10, far left
in moon boots, uses a cart..more
TVQCC 2nd Quarter 08, 1st Place Spot News, No Fire Hydrants, Joe
Connors / News 12 Hartford, top right: Click
here or image to view clip. |
contests
BOP Contest
Open
The Best of Photojournalism
Contest is now open and accepting entries. The entry deadline
for TV is Jan 23rd for all other divisions Jan 30th. Please enter
today.
New TVQCC Deadline
Remember in order to expedite 2008 TVQCC results, the new deadline
is January 10th. Please submit your 2008 4th quarter entries by the
end of this week!! |
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MNCC National Winner: 1st Place Sports 05/08, Johnny Crawford / The
Atlanta Journal Constitution: JEFFERSON GA: Crisp County's
Quentavious Nance leaps in the air..more
MNCC National Winner: 1st Place
General News 05/08, Nick Oza / The Arizona Daily
Republic: Pastor
Manuel Maldonado, a undocumented pastor..more
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regional
Region 7 Seeks Clip Contest Chairperson
Region 7 is looking for a new Region 7 clip contest chairperson.
Those who are interested please
contact the R7 director, Karen Segrave, at ksegrave@arkansasonline.com.
Elections Open for Regions 2 and 4
Voting is open for regional director and associate director. Vote
today at www.nppa.org/elections.
Region 6, 8, 10 are Looking for Candidates
This is your chance to make a difference! All even-numbered regions
are looking for candidates for director and associate
director. Contact your nomination chair:
R6 Bradley Wilson: bradley_wilson@ncsu.edu
R8 Kevin Martin: kemartin@theadvocate.com
R10 Tim Reese:
TReese@sacbee.com |
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Discounts on
Car Rentals
from Hertz and
Alamo
NPPA
members are entitled to discounts when renting cars from
Alamo and Hertz.
fotoQuote/fotoBiz Discounts
Cradoc fotoSoftware, the developer of fotoQuote and fotoBiz, is
pleased to continue their support of registered
NPPA members.
BOP 2008 Now Available
The December issue of News Photographer featuring still winners
from last year's BOP contest is now available through the online
store.
Buy your copy today.
Click here for a complete list of member
benefits. |
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