The leadership of the Senate pulled a fast one when they “hotlined” Senate Bill 2913 or known to us as the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works bill. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pushed this bill through with an amendment that opens the door for the House of Representatives to act and make this law.
I had seen postings [...]
The 51st Flying Short Course has finished day one in Boiling Springs, North Carolina at Gardner-Webb University. The national faculty packed up late in the afternoon and boarded a plane for the second stop, Arlington, Texas this evening.
As can be expected, the new Canon 5d Mark II was the hit in the exhibit hall as [...]
Last night, I got to hold and play with the Canon 5D mark II. Canon has the camera available for attendees of the Flying Short Course. The FSC starts this morning in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and moves tomorrow to Arlington, Texas and winds up on Sunday in Portland, Oregon. The camera will be available [...]
As I write this, several faculty and staff are landing in Charlotte. The Flying Short Course is beginning to pick up steam and should roll down the runway tomorrow morning around 8 a.m.
John Harrington will be the first speaker and I firmly believe that his workshop is one that all visual journalists need to hear. [...]
The NPPA’s 51st annual Flying Short Course is getting ready to take off this Friday morning in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, then on to Arlington, Texas on Saturday and winding up on Sunday in Portland, Oregon. I’m excited about the FSC and the faculty who will be presenting at the three stops. Additionally, there will be [...]
When I was elected president this past summer, one of my major goals was to revamp the NPPA website and begin to develop a photojournalism community. I looked around the group gathered in Louisville and began to make plans about who would be able to create the changes I knew the website desperately needed.
Damon Kiesow [...]
