March, 2009 Archive

Seattle P-I’s fate sealed

March 16th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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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Quarterly TV Contest 2nd Quarter 2008

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

December 2008 Clip Contest Winners

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 Post-Intelligencer Goes Up For Sale

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

Belo Corp. Cutting 500

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

Ice Storm Extends BOP Entry Deadline

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

Quarterly TV Contest 3rd Quarter 2008

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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: …

BOP Television Judging Underway

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

Quarterly TV Contest 4rd Quarter & final point standings for 2008

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …

Top 10 — 2008 Region 11 Clip Photographers

March 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No comments

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 …