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Newsletter #001: Greetings Region 1

February 3rd, 2009 | New England, clip results, industry news | No comments

Greetings Region 1 NPPA members! I was originally going to start at the beginning of the year but got behind and well, you know how work goes. So February looked appropriate to kick things off for 2009. I promise to be more up to date in the future.
Yesterday, the results of the 2008 annual clip [...]

Monday Happy Nugget = Contest Season!

January 5th, 2009 | awards, happy nugget | No comments

AP phenom photog Stephan Savoia told me long ago that the value of contests isn’t the winning but the opportunity to personally review and rate your work from the past year. So sit down with your favorite external backup device and start sifting through folders. Like what you see? What do you want to do [...]

Cuts and Congrats

November 18th, 2008 | CT, ME, awards, industry news, layoffs/cuts/buyouts | No comments

The Journal-Inquirer in Manchester, CT laid off Adrian Keating, Associate Editor for Photography, and staff photographer Irena Pastorello. Both have won awards throughout their careers with the paper. Managing Editor Chris Powell talked to CTnewsjunkie saying that relative to the paper’s 39,000 circulation the staff is still large. He also warned that more layoffs may [...]