Carol Guzy & Washington Post win NSC Honors
By Thomas P. Costello | March 24, 2009
Carol Guzy of the Washington Post was named the 2009 NSC Photographer of the Year, and her newspaper was named the NSC 2009 Newspaper of the Year.
More details can be found here
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Marovich Named 2008 Region 3 POY
By Thomas P. Costello | March 24, 2009
The points have been tallied, and Pete Marovich of The Daily News-Record has been named Region 3 POY for 2008.
Rounding out the Top 10 are:
2: Chet White/The News and Advance
3: Sean Simmers/Patriot-News
4: Sam Dean/The Roanoke Times
5: Ben Fredman
6: Lucy Schaly/Beaver County Times
7: Genevieve Ross/The Virginian-Pilot
8: Kyle Green/The Roanoke Times
9: Doug Kapustin/The Baltimore Sun
10: Matt Roth/Patuxent Publishing Co
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NSC / McLean, VA / March 19-21, 2009
By Thomas P. Costello | January 5, 2009
Registration for the Northern Short Course in McLean, VA, is now open.
Visit here for full details.
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CNN Show Written, Edited, Produced by Photojournalists
By Thomas P. Costello | January 5, 2009
By Al Tompkins, Poynter Institute
There are only a few things I am sure of in the world of journalism, but this is one of them: In 2009, journalists will be capturing more video and working alone more often. This is already happening in local TV, in the newspaper and online worlds, and as you are about to see, even CNN’s photojournalists are out there producing entire shows by themselves.
CNN photojournalist Bethany Swain, who works out of the D.C. Bureau, got the idea rolling for a series of big projects called “In Focus.” The series began in 2007 with the premise that the stories would be shot, written, edited and produced by photojournalists.
The full story can be found on the Poynter website here
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Pete Souza Named Obama’s White House Photographer
By Thomas P. Costello | January 5, 2009
ATHENS, OH (January 4, 2009) - Photojournalist and NPPA member Pete Souza has accepted the position of official White House photographer for President-elect Barack Obama.
Souza received the offer for the position from Robert Gibbs, the new president’s longtime spokesman who is also Obama’s incoming White House press secretary.
The full story can be found on the NPPA website here
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Photo Week DC, Nov 15-22, 2008
By Thomas P. Costello | October 22, 2008
The week of November 15-22, 2008 will mark the launch of FotoWeek DC, the first annual gathering of a diverse and wide-ranging photography community in the nation’s capital, including photographers, museums, universities and all those involved in the profession across the metro D.C. area, including Virginia and Maryland. Unique among American cities, Washington, D.C. is a nexus of artistic, business, political and public sector energy, in which photography plays an integral role. FotoWeek DC seeks to bring together all photographers and imaging professionals from every discipline to join with the public in celebration of the medium.
For more information, visit their website here
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Storytelling, Photojournalism & Online Investigative Training Seminar
By Thomas P. Costello | October 22, 2008
THE MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND A STORYTELLING, PHOTOJOURNALISM AND ONLINE INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING SEMINAR: HOW TO TELL GREAT INTERACTIVE STORIES
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA, Saturday, November 8, 2008
This is a high energy and highly practical day of storytelling, photojournalism and online investigative training. This full day workshop is lead by The Poynter Institute’s Al Tompkins and CBS News Photojournalist Les Rose. These two are among the most requested journalism trainers inAmerica. Tompkins is a 30 year National Emmy® winning broadcasting veteran who author’s Al’s Morning Meeting and the widely used textbook “Aim for the Heart.” Les Rose is the photojournalist behind the National Emmy® winning “Everybody Has a Story” segments with Steve Hartman.
COST: $75 per person for NATAS & NPPA members - $100 per person for non-members and $40.00 for students/$35 for NATAS student members.
For more information, click here or contact Jennifer McFarlane at (215) 310-9099 or e-mail jennifer@natasmid-atlantic.org
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Understanding Stock Licensing, Oct. 30 in Silver Spring, MD
By Thomas P. Costello | October 22, 2008
Understanding Stock Licensing: A Buyer’s and Seller’s Perspective - hosted by the American Society of Picture Professionals/DC South Chapter.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Discovery Communications Inc., One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD
Please join the American Society of Picture Professionals DC/South as we hear from stock buyers and sellers as they share their observations of what’s happening with the stock image licensing market. Hear what some of our Washington D.C. area professionals have experienced lately…what they’re hearing from clients and how they obtain quality images within their budgets.
This panel will discuss the variety of pricing models in the current market, from microstock to the standard rights-managed process. The panel’s experiences will provide valuable insight on the future of how we buy, sell and use stock imagery.
PANELISTS: Tom Montante, Alex Korab & Michael Wichita
Entrance fee:
$15 for members and sister organizations, $20 for non-members, $5 for students
Please Note: Admission is waived for anyone who joins ASPP that evening!
For more information and to register, click here
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NPPA Member Seized, Jailed, In Beijing Protest
By Thomas P. Costello | August 22, 2008
BEIJING (August 21, 2008) – NPPA member and photojournalist Jeffrey Rae, 28, along with video blogger Brian Conley, 28, both of eastern Pennsylvania, have been detained by Chinese police and are assumed to be in jail now in China for attempting to photograph pro-Tibet activists, including an artist who planned to project a giant laser beam onto a Beijing building at the Olympics, Rae’s father said today.
Read more on the NPPA website here
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Pete Souza’s “The Rise Of Barack Obama” Exhibit, Book Signing
By Thomas P. Costello | August 6, 2008
There will be a public opening of an exhibit of photographs from award-winning photojournalist Pete Souza’s new book “The Rise Of Barack Obama” on Saturday, August 9 2008, at the Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC.
Read more here
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