Convergence 09 kicks off Saturday with the sold-out Multimedia Immersion Workshop in Las Vegas. This year looks to be a great time with a multitude of options for learning and improving your profession. On Wednesday June 10, its the 20th annual Women in Photojournalism followed by the Photojournalism Workshops and Edit Foundry on Thursday through [...]
White House photographer Pete Souza provided a behind the scenes look at the first 100 days of President Barak Obama to CNN’s John King recently. This is a fascinating look at the way Souza works covering the President. As an educator, this is a great teaching piece on how Souza considers himself “a visual historian.” [...]
The NPPA Northern Short Course is offering a special educators track this year in Mclean, Virginia March 19-21. It is aimed at college educators and those who are interested in pursuing educational opportunities. David Handschuh has been putting this together for NSC chair Michelle McLouglhin. This career track will help photojournalists new to the world of academia, long [...]
The NPPA TV BOP judging is underway. There have been some fantastic pieces chosen and discussed. The NPPA and the Poynter Institute are hosting a live chat (12-12:30 pm eastern) that you can join in, ask questions and learn more about video storytelling. Finalists, winners, and judges comments will be posted on the NPPA BOP [...]
NPPA Members should find something new in their e-mail boxes – NPPA Close-Up, the weekly e-mail newsletter for members. As part of our efforts to keep members better informed about news, educational events, and member benefits. Thomas Kenniff, who is in charge of sales, contests, and eCommerce for the NPPA, will be producing the newsletter. This [...]
PhotoPlus opens Thursday at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. It is considered the top photo trade shows and will draw hundreds of exhibitors including the NPPA. We will be in booth 1757. Executive Director Jim Straight will be in the booth all three days. I’ll be at PhotoPlus on Thursday afternoon and Friday. Stop [...]
After the late night move by the US Senate, the House of Representatives were respectful of their duty to deal with the Financial Crisis and seemed to ignore the House version of Orphan Works. The House has now adjourned, but Orphan Works may not be dead this session. It is possible that the House will [...]
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 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 [...]
