Photo by:Brandon W. Warren Publication: Place: 2nd Second Place Category: Spot News Month: March Firefighters and EMS quickly help those involved in a 2 car accident on hwy 311 at Banner Whitehead Road, Thursday, March 12, 2009. “The white car acted like it was going to stop, and then just turned in front of the car right in front of us,” says a witness of the accident, “the car in front of us was running at least the speed limit which is 55 right through here when they hit.”
Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships, a unique seminar program for mid-career journalists who want to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict, and tragedy. The deadline for applications is July 24, 2009. For more information please visit the Web site, www.dartcenter.org/fellowships.
Photojournalist Moises Saman, who has been covering the war in Iraq since 2002 for Newsday and The New York Times, reflects on how things have changed in the country as American troops withdraw this week in an installment of the Times' blog, Lens, which is accompanied by a slideshow of his black-and-white reportage.
PhotoShelter has launched a free online "cookbook" to let photographers know how to optimize their photography Web sites to take advantage of today's search engine technology and analytical tools.
At one time Kodak's most popular film, a strip of celluloid that help to launch the careers of a generation of famous magazine photographers, Kodachrome has been "retired" by its maker after 74 years, leaving behind a chorus of melancholy voices humming Paul Simon's lyrics, " ... Mama don't take my Kodachrome away."
John Moore of Getty Images, whose gripping photographs of the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in late 2007 earned him two first-place World Press Photo awards, will be among the presenters at this year’s Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference
The National Press Photographers Association has announced the availability of a new inexpensive Photo ID Membership Card that can be purchased online by NPPA's active professional and Life members.
David Brauer reports from Minneapolis that the "heart and soul" of KARE 11's newsroom, senior executive producer Lonnie Hartley, has been laid off at the Gannett station, where an anchor as well as a marketing executive were also let go days ago, and Gannett employees have been forced to take three weeks of furloughs as the company struggles financially.
Tim Hussin of the University of Florida has added another top honor to his award-winning year of photography. Hussin is this year's winner in the annual William Randolph Hearst National Photojournalism Championship, held last week in San Francisco.
After being on the block for more than a year, the Portland Press Herald, the Maine Sunday Telegram, and other Maine papers owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers have been sold by the parent company, The Seattle Times Co., for an undisclosed price.
William
Thompson
NCPPA President
Photojournalism Instructor Randolph Communty College
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