The February 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Spot News1st“JC Penney’s suspect search”Robert Brawdy / Tri-City Herald2nd“Off-duty Assault”Robert Brawdy / Tri-City Herald3rd“Injury rollover”Robert Brawdy / Tri-City Herald
General News1st“Moment of reflection”Drew Perine / The News Tribune2nd“Conscience Awakened”Dan Bates / The Herald (Everett)3rd“Mark this spot”Drew …
The March 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Currently only two categories have been judged for Region 11 in March. National knows of the problem and said it will be taken care of.
General News1st“Angry Wood Bison”Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News2nd“City eviction to …
The April 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Spot News1st“Car Into House”Tony Overman / The Olympian2nd“Vehicle on Bike Trail”Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News3rd“House catches fire in Chehalis”Jesse Smith
General News1st“Mug Shot”Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News2nd“Soft Skins”Amanda Smith / Amanda L Smith Photography3rd“Sentence: …
The April 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Spot News1st“Car Into House”Tony Overman / The Olympian2nd“Vehicle on Bike Trail”Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News3rd“House catches fire in Chehalis”Jesse Smith
General News1st“Mug Shot”Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News2nd“Soft Skins”Amanda Smith / Amanda L Smith Photography3rd“Sentence: …
The May 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Rob Kerr/The Bulletin: Bend High reacts to Lava Bear sophmore Chris Zelmer's walk-off grand slam against Hillsboro in the second round of the Class 5A state baseball playoffs. Bend won 9-8.
Spot …
The June 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
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The January 2009 winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Spot News 1st “No way home” Peter Haley / The News Tribune/Tacoma 2nd “Leftovers from the Flood” Dan Bates / The Herald (Everett) 3rd “flood embrace” Janet Jensen / The Tacoma News Tribune
General …
Getty Images’ John Moore to Speak at
Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference July 17-18
June 19, 2009
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — John Moore of Getty Images, whose gripping photographs of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in late 2007, earned him two first-place World Press Photo awards, will be among the presenters at this year’s …
The NPPA Convergence in Las Vegas is live. Check out several features from a constantly updated live blog, flickr account, and periodic live video stream.
Go to live.nppa.org for coverage of the national conference.
This is the second part of 3 podcasts from the Navigating the Downturn NPPA Region 11 Workshop on May 9, 2009.
In this podcast Craig Mitchelldyer, Rod Mar, Karl Maasdam and Rich Frishman talk about how to continue being a photographer in current economic conditions.
Some of the points covered in …
Navigating The Downturn: Seattle
Listen to the panelists by clicking on the links below. The three podcasts will be provided over the next week and a half. Each episode is straight from the workshop with audience participation included and are approximately an hour long.
Podcast Episodes
Introduction
Part 1
SEATTLE — Region 11 of …
Navigating The Downturn: Seattle
Listen to the panelists by clicking on the links below. The three podcasts will be provided over the next week and a half. Each episode is straight from the workshop with audience participation included and are approximately an hour long.
Podcast Episodes
Introduction
Part 1
SEATTLE — Region 11 of …
This is the first part of 3 podcasts from the Navigating the Downturn NPPA Region 11 Workshop on May 9, 2009.
Free Workshop
“Navigating the Downturn: A Photography Survival Discussion”
With the near-collapse of the newspaper industry, there is a glut of former newspaper photographers determined to keep doing what they do best, but without the training and knowledge of business ownership. Proper pricing, negotiations, contracts, taxes, and the true costs of doing …
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Region 11 Director Russ Kendall announced that
Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant
managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will speak at
this summer’s Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference (BVJC).
Kendall also announced that in a nod to these difficult times,
visual journalists who have been laid off …
Final Seattle P-I Will Roll Off Press On Tuesday
SEATTLE, WA (March 16, 2009) – The Tuesday edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will the the last one to roll off the press for the 146-year-old newspaper.
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Spot News1stShawn Wilson, KTUU/Anchorage, AK: “It Made that Noise”2ndAdam Sotelo, KOMO/Seattle, WA: “Low Clearance”3rdBill Skok, KIRO/Seattle, WA: “Gator in a Tree”HMAdam Tischler, KGW/Portland, OR: “Train Derail”General News1stKenneth McCormick, KGW/Portland, OR: “I Love Goodwill”2ndJoshua Godfrey, KHQ/Spokane, WA: “Seven Pounds of Cinnamon”3rdAdam Sotelo, KOMO/Seattle, WA: “Rescue Training”HMKurt Austin, KGW/Portland, OR: “Damon’s New …
The December winners of the regional digital clip contest. Links to the winners appear below.
Remember the the January contest is now open for entries! Entries will be accepted through the end of February 7th (local midnight). Enter now!
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SEATTLE, WA (January 9, 2008) – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer went up for sale today, but most of the people in and around Seattle who were watching TV news knew about it last night – long before Hearst bothered to tell P-I employees today.
Thursday afternoon KING-TV 5, the Seattle NBC affiliate …
DALLAS, TX (January 30, 2009) – Blaming the “persistent” decline in advertising revenues in the newspaper industry and all media, and citing a “significant cost initiative” to preserve cash, A.H. Belo Corporation chief executive officer Robert Decherd today said that as many as 500 more jobs will be cut across …
DURHAM, NC (February 4, 2009) – Because of the ice storm that left much of Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and southern Indiana without power for several days, many photojournalists were not able to complete their entries for the National Press Photographers Association’s 2009 Best Of Photojournalism competition.
So the NPPA BOP Contest …
Region 11Spot News(no winners awarded)General News1stZac Gooch, KTUU/Anchorage, AK: “Jack Goes to the White House”2ndCarolyn Hall, KTUU/Anchorage, AK: “It’ll be a Tough Fight”3rdScott Jensen, KTUU/Anchorage, AK: “Just Another Nine-Eleven”48 Hour Feature1stJoshua Godfrey, KHQ/Spokane, WA: “Pine Bowl”2ndDouglas Pigsley, KOMO/Seattle , WA: “Gary’s Wish”3rdRyan Coe, KHQ/Spokane, WA: “Camp Goodtimes”HMZac Gooch, KTUU/Anchorage, AK: …
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (February 23, 2009) – Judging in the National Press Photographers Associations annual Best Of Photojournalism competition’s Television categories is now underway at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
On Sunday the judges picked winners in the categories of Team, Documentary, Sports Features, and Deadline.
Winning videos will be posted …
Congratulations to Scott Jensen of KTUU-TV In Anchorage in winning his 3rd straight Region 11 TV Photographer of the year award and his 5th overall.
Scott also did very well in this years Best of Photojournalism national contest.
Scott received a 1st place in the In-Depth category for “Shawn’s Long …
The top 10 Region 11 clip photographers for 2008 have been announced. Final yearly numbers as well as the final point standings list will be posted when we get it.
Alan Berner/Seattle Times
Johnny Wagner/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Larry Steagall/The Sun
Robert Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News
Danny Gawlowski/The Bellingham Herald
Eric Engman/The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Don Seabrook/The Wenatchee …
New Region 11 Web site
It’s hard not to feel somewhat powerless in these crazy, dark times of change and decline. In the best-case scenario our jobs have changed, likely not for the better. In the worst case, we’ve lost our jobs. This malaise affects us all.
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