Photojournalists Patrick Farrell, Damon Winter, Win 2009 Pulitzer Prizes
Photojournalists Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald and Damon Winter of The New York Times have won this year's Pulitzer Prizes for Photography...more

Journalist Roxana Saberi Convicted On Spy Charges; Sentenced To 8 Years
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has been convicted of spying charges by the Iranian Revolutionary Court and sentenced to eight years in prison. Saberi, 31, was arrested in January and held in Iran's Evin prison until her one-day closed-door trial..more

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NPPA National Nominations Sought
National Press Photographers Association president Bob Carey has named Denny Simmons of the Evansville Courier & Press to be NPPA's nominations committee chair..more

Multimedia Immersion June 6 - 10
Registration open for this intense, five-day, hands-on training experience for visual journalists looking to expand and grow their multimedia skill sets. Coaches from NPR, Washington Post, MediaStorm, New York Times covering FCP, audio, photo, Canon Pro Video... less than 5 spots remaining!

Visual Journalism Workshops June 11 - 13
Three days of workshops and training covering among other topics Storytelling, Interviewing, The Edit Foundry-a day long hands on Avid workshop, Multimedia Editing Theory, Final Cut and Avid Training, Adobe CS4, Multiple Freelance Business Practice sessions, Wedding Photography Business Practice, Panoramas, Photoblogging, Intro to Multimedia, Multimedia Coaching, Reentering Academia, Sound and Audio Landscapes, and several Video and Still equipment demonstrations

Women in Photojournalism, June 10, is in its 20th year of providing educational programming for all visual journalists and the NPPA is proud to make it a part of the most exciting week in visual journalism, Convergence 09. Speakers will include Kym Yancey, President and CEO of the eWomenNetwork, White House Staff Photographer Samantha Appleton, and REDEYE Founder Maren Levinson. Topics will range from surviving layoffs to storytelling to becoming a one-man-band.