Powering A Nation covers the oil spill
Journalism students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are in Louisiana covering the oil spill. They are part of the News21 project called Powering a Nation. Follow their stories here.
2010 Mountain Workshops, Elizabethtown
The 2010 Mountain Workshops will be in Elizabethtown, Ky., from October 19-23. Â View the 2009 stories from Murray, Ky., here. Â Go here to apply.
Two weeks until the Eddie Adams Workshop application deadline
Application deadline for the Eddie Adams Workshop is Friday, May 28, 2010. Â The workshop will be October 8-11 in Jeffersonville, NY. Â Go here to for application information.
University photography: Chris Radcliffe
Chris Radcliffe is the University Photographer at Eastern Kentucky University. A 2003 graduate of EKU, Radcliffe has been in his current position for six years. 2009 EKU Women’s Soccer seniors photographed for the soccer poster. (Chris Radcliffe/Eastern Kentucky University) VS: Talk about your background and how you got in to photography. Radcliffe: “Photography has been...
Discovering West Virginia Uncovered
West Virginia Uncovered is a project by the P.I. Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University. The project sends journalism students to community newspapers around the state to teach multimedia storytelling. Project Director John Temple and Project Coordinator M.K McFarland talk about West Virginia Uncovered.  VS: How and why was West Virginia Uncovered...
Internship guidance: William Snyder, Rochester Institute of Technology
William Snyder is a professor and chair of the photojournalism program at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to teaching at RIT, Snyder worked at The Dallas Morning News as a staff photographer, editor and the Director of Photography. He is a 1981 RIT graduate. Snyder won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1989...
The Kalish workshop accepting applications
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2010 Kalish workshop. The workshop will be held at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., June 4-8.
NPPF Announces New Scholarship
“The National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) officers and board are pleased to announce the addition of a new scholarship in the memory of Seattle Times photographer Jimi Lott.  This will bring the total of NPPF’s annual scholarships and awards to $16,500 dedicated to helping young photojournalists succeed through education.” For more scholarship information and a...
The Kalish Now Accepting Applications
The 2010 Kalish workshop will be at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., June 4-8. Â Learn cross-platform/multimedia skills from a faculty of Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning visual editors. Brian Storm, Geri Migielicz, Sue Morrow, Randy Cox, John Rumbach, Mark Edelson and Kenny Irby will be on the faculty this year along with other industry...
Powering A Nation: UNC at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won gold in the Large Group Multimedia Project in the College Photographer of the Year Competition. The project, called Powering A Nation, is a News21 project. UNC also won silver, bronze and the award of excellence in the same category. Ashley Zammitt and Sara Peach were both...
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Part 2
The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar contest results were released Saturday. Emilio Morenatti, of the Associated Press, was awarded Best Portfolio. The Rich Mahan Student Portfolio award was given to Alex Welsh, of San Francisco State University. Zuma Press Founder Scott Mc Kiernan, center, talks to Tanner Curtis, bottom right, a junior photojournalism major at Western Kentucky,...
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Part 1
The 2009 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is underway. The seminar features workshops, portfolio reviews, vendors and speakers. Â Go here for the schedule. Â Check back for updates. David Walter Banks speaks during the “Life after Newspapers” workshop at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar in Atlanta, Ga., Friday, December 4, 2009. At left is Kendrick Brinson. The workshop focused...
