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Seth Gitner Joins Syracuse University's
Faculty
Photojournalist Seth Gitner is leaving The Roanoke Times and
Roanoke.com to become an assistant professor of newspaper and
online journalism at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of
Public Communications.. more |
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David Stephenson Joins Kentucky Kernel
Photojournalist David Stephenson has been named as the new
photography adviser to the University of Kentucky's student
newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel. Stephenson replaces Jim Winn,
who is leaving the position to pursue his own photography business
and projects.. more
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Independent Photographers Toolkit Updated
Business Practices Chairman, Greg Smith, has updated the
Independent Photographers Toolkit on the NPPA's
Business Practices page. The NPPA is also looking for
volunteers to continue adding to the Business Practices resources,
if interested please email Greg Smith. |
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Less Than Two Weeks Left to Register for Convergence 09 in
Las Vegas
Pulitzer Prize-winner Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald, Ernie
Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year Darren Durlach of
WBFF-TV in Baltimore, and Photojournalist of the Year (Small
Markets) James Gregg of the Arizona Daily Star have joined the
line-up of workshop leaders and speakers for
NPPA's Visual Journalism Workshops coming up this
summer.. more |
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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. |
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MNCC Region 11: 1st Place
General News 03/09, Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News, top
left: Steve Mendive is sent flying by an ornery bull as a
crew attempts to guide corralled wood bison into..more
Multimedia Contest 04/09, 1st Place Individual Video, Coast
Guard Evacuates Flood Victims, Ben Garvin, top right:
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contests
Winners Named For Women In Photojournalism's Juried
Exhibit
Judges have picked the winning photographs that will be in the
upcoming Women In Photojournalism Conference Exhibit in June in Las
Vegas during the National Press Photographers Association's
Convergence '09 event. There were more than 300 entries in this
year's contest and 48 photographs were selected to be in the
show.. more |
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MNCC National Winner: 1st
Place Feature / Single 10/08, Mark Zaleski / The
Press-Enterprise: Los Angeles Dodgers Manny Ramirez get
doused with Gatoraid by Takashi Saito after the Dodgers beat
the..more
MNCC Region 5 : 1st Place Spot News 04/09, Timothy P
Snopek / www.timsnopek.com: Firefighters work for nearly an hour to free the
driver and the passenger of their car, after it hit
a.. more |
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regional
Photo Metadata Seminars-Free for NPPA Members: Regions
2,3,8,10,11
Photo metadata help protect images and enable their use. Everyone
making or using photographs needs to understand how this
information within image files can help nearly all they do. A
Library of Congress award has enabled a series of seminars on photo
metadata. Please see regional listings for upcoming event dates and
check out www.photometadata.org for more
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