Internship Perspective: The Associated Press
Cody Duty was a 2010 summer photography intern with The Associated Press. Duty is currently finishing his senior year at Western Kentucky where he will graduate with a degree in photojournalism and a minor in Spanish. He also interned at The Lincoln Journal Star and The Dallas Morning News. His work has been recognized by...
NPPA Student Internship Guide updated
The NPPA Student Internship guide is now updated. Go here to log in with your NPPA membership. You can also post internships directly to the database. The guide was redone with the help of students at the University of Georgia photojournalism program and the NPPA national office.
CPOY deadline approaching
The deadline for the 65th College Photographer of the Year competition is 11:59 pm Central Standard Time, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. Don’t wait until the last minute. The judging will be held November 7 – 12 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Go here to start your entry.
Eye Contact: The Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant unveiled a photo blog called Eye Contact.
Picture Kentucky deadline approaching
The 2010 Picture Kentucky rural photojournalism workshop will be in Beattyville, Ky. Sept. 29-Oct. 2. Â The coaches this year are Dave LaBelle, Greg Cooper, Matt Detrich and Brett Marshall. Â Go here for more info.
Covering the oil spill and freelance advice: Patrick Semansky
Patrick Semansky is a temporary staff photographer with The Associated Press. Â Semansky covered the Deepwater Horizon oil well explosion and leak. Semansky grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif., with a BA in English in 2006. Semansky moved to Louisiana in September 2006 and...
J. Bruce Baumann starts Posey Magazine
J. Bruce Baumann, the Picture Editor-in-Residence at Southern Illinois University, recently started Posey Magazine, a bi-monthly Internet magazine centered in Posey County, Indiana. You can view the magazine here. Â Prior to teaching at SIU, Baumann was the executive editor and managing editor at the Evansville Courier & Press. Baumann was also a picture editor, designer...
Scotland Field School, Part 1
Maddie McGarvey is a photojournalism major at Ohio University. McGarvey recently attended the 24th Scotland Field School, an Ohio University summer photography workshop based near Edinburgh, Scotland. Aaron Neighbor from Australia prepares to throw the shot put at the Highland Games in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 25, 2010. Originally written on August 2, 2010....
Powering a Nation launches new material
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a new edition of Power a Nation. Â This update features oil spill coverage in Venice, La.
Barnstorm XXIII students announced
To view the 2010 Eddie Adams Workshop students, go here.
Missouri Photo Workshop application deadline July 14
The deadline for application to the 62nd Missouri Photo Workshop is quickly approaching. Â Go here for the application.
Internship Perspective: NPR
May-Ying Lam is a 2009 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Lam recently completed a multimedia internship with National Public Radio. For more information on this and other NPR internships, see the bottom of this post. Jose Briceno, of Boston, was one of thousands from around the country who descended on Washington, D.C....
