NPPA Blogs

NPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill

NPPA Advocacy Committee by Mickey Osterreicher

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), joined by The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., The American Society of Media Photographers, The Radio Television Digital News Association, and The Society of Professional Journalists, has submitted letters to each of the Texas Senators, expressing extreme opposition to House Bill 912, which.. (Read More)

NPPA’s John Long To Enter Connecticut Journalism Hall Of Fame

Region 11 by NPPA11.org

HARTFORD, CT (May 17, 2013) – John Long, a National Press Photographers Association past president and the chairman of NPPA's Ethics and Standards Committee, will be inducted into the Connecticut Journalism Hall of Fame on May 23. (Read More)

Add This and Add That to Help Convey The Emotion

Edit Foundry by Shawnmontano

Our story for this post is How Far She's Come. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0X0aDiUOeE[/youtube] I'll bet you've edited a story very similar to this. The story is great but the visuals you have to put it together with are just ok. I strive to make every edit the.. (Read More)

Students, Spot News and the Boston Bombing

The Visual Student by Brian McDermott

Michelle Jay was on Heartbreak Hill when her phone died. The photo editor of The Daily Free Press at Boston University didn’t think much of it. She was doing double duty, focusing on a few runners and photographing the Boston Marathon for an advanced photojournalism class.. (Read More)

Judges video comments

TV BOP by Merry Murray

Hi everyone--Great week of judging! Here are the judges' video comments in our youtube playlist: The youtube page is: nppabopvideo and the playlist can also be found here Thanks to Bob Gould and his students Chloe Hill and Daniel Hamburg for getting these shot.. (Read More)

For Photojournalists by Photojournalists

Presidential Pondering by NPPA President - Mike Borland

Let me start by describing my day on February 26. I'll start at the end, just so you know it isn't a tragedy. It ends with Laphroaig over ice. Back to the beginning. Up at 5 am to drive to a murder trial where I would be the pool camera. That's complicated.. (Read More)

Digital Processing

Ethics Matters by John Long

In the past several days, two contest-winning photographs have become fuel for a Blog world explosion of opinions on the ethics involved in digital post-processing and proper journalistic captioning. This NPPA Ethics Blog is a compilation of a series of eMails as these two issues came to light over a number.. (Read More)

Widget for Cameras: ioShutter

Gear Geek by Mark E. Johnson

Back in the days of yore, we all carried metal cable releases with us. If you were locked down on a tripod and needed to either trip the shutter without touching the camera or hold the shutter open for a long time, this was your tool of choice. One end.. (Read More)

Legal Issues for Photographers seminar

NPPA Region 8 by Kevin M. Cox

SAN ANTONIO, TX:Â Do you know what your legal rights are as a photographer? In these days of ever changing digital technology, complicated contracts, work for hire, decreased budgets and even the fear of terrorism, knowing our legal rights and how they effect us and our businesses can be.. (Read More)

Auto Draft

NPPA Region 4 by Stephen Sample

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The Pulitzer Team: Craig Walker, Tim Rassmussen, and Meghan Lydenâ€”The Denver Post

NPPA Convergence by Mark E. Johnson

By: Frances Micklow Ian Fisher: American Soldier 27 months, three years from idea to publication. 130,000 photographs, 130 hours of video. They had the love of photojournalism to get this published. The Idea: 2007: â€œWho would want to sign up no?â€ Working title: A Colarado.. (Read More)

Strohmeyer gets some ink

Visual Journal(ism) - Region 1 by Johnwalker

Region One member Damian Strohmeyer was featured recently in a nice write up in his hometown Lexington Minuteman newspaper. Read the story here. [caption id="attachment_651" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Sports Illustrated photographer Damian Strohmeyer holds one of his most famous photos from Super Bowl 42, of the key plays.. (Read More)

Convergence 2010

nppa events by Tjmullinax