Vol 2 Issue 12
news
Getty's Quinn Rooney Named BOP's Sports Photojournalist of the Year
In the second day of judging NPPA's Best Of Photojournalism 2009 competition, judges today picked Quinn Rooney of Getty Images AsiaPac as the Sports Photojournalist of the Year, and..more
Souza Names Gabriner, Poggi, McKay, To White House Photo Staff
Alice Gabriner, the former chief photography editor for Time magazine, has been named White House photography editor today by President Barack Obama's official White House photographer Pete Souza. Also announced today..more

Houston Chronicle Laying Off 12 Percent Of Staff
The Hearst-owned Houston Chronicle announced this morning that it's laying off 12 percent of the newspapers..more

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announcements
 Convergence 09 Registration Open
The Convergence 09, in Las Vegas, features the Multimedia Immersion Workshop, Women in Photojournalism, The Edit Foundry, and Visual Journalism Workshops. For more information and to register please visit the website.
Region 6,8, and 10 Election Results Announced
Congratulations to the new and reelected regional officers.
  • R6 Director Jim Michalowski (reelected)
  • R6 Associate Director Mike Hotz
  • R8 Director Kevin Martin
  • R8 Associate Director Tim Jones (formerly RD)
  • R10 Director Sandy Huffaker
  • R10 Associate Director Timothy Hart
Good-bye to outgoing RD Tim Reece in R10. Thank you for your service to the
organization.Elections for odd-numbered regions will be held later this year. If you are
interested in serving, or know someone who is, please contact that region's
director. Thank you to all who voted




NewsVideo Workshop 2009
Spots are still available April 5-10, at OCCE in Norman, Oklahoma. Visual Journalists: If you shoot for a TV station, newspaper or other web entity, Production Company, freelance, church, the military… if you shoot video, this is the event for you..more
Advanced Storytelling 09
Only a few spots remain for the 2009 ASW April 5-10 Texas State University. Package and one day rates available for experienced TV/Newspaper photographers, reporters and video journalists. This event picks up where the News Video Workshop leaves off...more

MNCC Region 11: 1st Feature 11/08, Bob Hallinen / Anchorage Daily News, top left: A bull moose feeds on a mountain ash tree in the median..more

TVQCC National Winner 3rd Quarter 07, 1st Place Feature, The Trumpeter of Hawthorn, Kurt Austin, KGW, top right: Click here or image to view the clip.


contests



BOP Judging Underway

The judging for the Best of Photojournalism competition is currently underway at the Poynter Institute in St.Petersburg,FL.  For the latest results in the still and multimedia division please visit the website, bop.nppa.org.

MNCC Region 10: 1st Place Sports 12/08, Hayne Palmour IV / North County Times: Cathedral Catholic head coach Sean Doyle gets the traditional sports drink showert..more



MNCC Region 5: 1st Place General News 12/08, Cliff Jette / The Gazette:
Ben Ertl, age 16 of Dyersville, lights candles at the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in..more

forums/blogs



regional
Photojournalism Survey
Journalism researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas are surveying photojournalists to study their jobs and the work they are doing. If you are currently working for a traditional newspaper organization, we would appreciate your participation in our study. Your participation is voluntary, and your responses will remain anonymous. The survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete.To participate in the online survey, click on the link below or copy and paste it into the address bar of your web browser.
 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i4jmMcg_2bNW4ZVp48ltBGZQ_3d_3d

Thank you.
 
Keith Greenwood
University of Missouri
 
Scott Reinardy
University of Kansas
calendar
BOP Judging Still & Web
March 22-27 2009
St.Petersburg, FL

NewsVideo Workshop
April 5-10 2009
Norman, OK

Advanced Storytelling
April 5-10 2009
San Marcos, TX

Convergence 09
June 6-13 2009
Las Vegas, NV




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