News Updates from NPPA.org http://www.nppa.org/ 2009-11-21T00:35:02+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2009-11-20T22:46:49+01:00 2009-11-20T22:46:49+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/mncc.html

Greg Kahn, a staff photographer with the Naples Daily News, has won the 2008 NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest title. This is the first year a MNCC National Photographer of the Year has been named, MNCC contest chair Denny Simmons said, "although we're pretty sure photographers have been keeping track of these points for decades, now it's official."

2009-11-20T20:26:43+01:00 2009-11-20T20:26:43+01:00 http://blogs.nppa.org/visualstudent/2009/11/19/covering-hunters-point-alex-welsh/

Photojournalist Alex Welsh, a 2009 San Francisco State University photojournalism graduate who last week won gold in the 64th annual College Photographer of the Year contest for his work in Hunters Point, has written a blog entry about his experience in NPPA's new student Web blog, "The Visual Student."

2009-11-20T20:26:41+01:00 2009-11-20T20:26:41+01:00 http://blogs.nppa.org/visualstudent/2009/11/19/covering-hunters-point-alex-welsh/

Photojournalist Alex Welsh, a 2009 San Francisco State University photojournalism graduate who last week won gold in the 64th annual College Photographer of the Year contest for his work in Hunters Point, has written a blog entry about his experience in NPPA's new student Web blog, "The Visual Student."

2009-11-20T13:21:15+01:00 2009-11-20T13:21:15+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/aol.html

AOL's CEO has told employees that he's looking for up to "2,500 volunteers" to be fired in December, hoping that fully a third of the company's payroll will step forward and take buyouts. Otherwise the AOL will have to ax people on its own. At this point it's too early to tell how many of AOL's photography department employees, as many as 40 people in the States and overseas and headed by Cathaleen Curtiss, may leave.

2009-11-19T14:52:38+01:00 2009-11-19T14:52:38+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/atlanta.html

Two Atlanta television journalists are recovering from injuries received Wednesday when the microwave mast of their news truck struck overhead powerlines and caused an explosion. The electricity traveled through the truck and deep into the ground, destroying a water main. A spokesman for Georgia Power said that he was surprised that anyone in the truck survived.

2009-11-18T15:35:03+01:00 2009-11-18T15:35:03+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/ap01.html Donald R. Winslow

Making good on an earlier promise to cut at least 10 percent of their payroll by the end of the year, the Associated Press has started a round of layoffs that included some legendary names in the photography staff. Harry Cabluck, 71, a four-decade AP veteran and Texas legend, was included in those who have been let go so far.

2009-11-18T14:39:18+01:00 2009-11-18T14:39:18+01:00 http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/17/photo-finish/ Elise Hu, The Texas Tribune

A Texas legend and a State House institution, Harry Cabluck, 71, was one of many veteran Associated Press employees hit by a round of company-wide cuts that started breaking across the country this week. In a 50 year career, more than four decades at AP, he's covered every major story including riding in JFK's motorcade in Dallas in 1963.

2009-11-18T14:33:13+01:00 2009-11-18T14:33:13+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/webinar.html

NPPA has partnered with PhotoShelter to bring its members and exclusive series of five free Webinars for visual journalists, and the second Webinar is today, Wednesday, November 18. "Get Found: Search Engine Optimization for Photography Web Sites" will be hosted online by PhotoShelter founder Allen Murabayashi.

2009-11-17T12:59:38+01:00 2009-11-17T12:59:38+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/webinar.html

NPPA has partnered with PhotoShelter to bring its members and exclusive series of five free Webinars for visual journalists, and the second Webinar is coming up on November 18. "Get Found: Search Engine Optimization for Photography Web Sites" will be hosted online by PhotoShelter founder Allen Murabayashi.

2009-11-17T12:56:07+01:00 2009-11-17T12:56:07+01:00 http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/11/search.html Donald R. Winslow

If your laptop computer, cell phone, or digital camera has been searched by U.S. Customs and Immigration, the Border Patrol, or any federal law enforcement agency upon entering or leaving the United States, then NPPA's lawyer wants to hear from you. “What is also of great concern is if there was any newsgathering material that was subject to the search," general counsel Mickey H. Osterreicher said.