Photojournalist Massoud Hossaini was photographing young Afghan Shiites during a procession for Ashura in Kabul, Afghanistan, and remembers some of the young people smiling, recognizing a few faces, before suddenly everything changed. The bombing, coordinated with other attacks in Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif, killed at least 63 worshippers..more

Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Dick Durbin introduced legislation today to require open proceedings of the Supreme Court to be televised..more

 

Covering fires is a routine part of a television news photographer's job. Clint Fillinger has been doing it for more than 40 years in Milwaukee, so he knows the drill: Stay behind the yellow police tape and roll on everything. But this fall..more

Julie Jones, an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications, will take-over as chair of NPPA’s NewsVideo Workshop in Norman with the departure of long-time chair Sharon Levy Freed. Adam Vance and Stan Heist will serve as co-chairs..more

The National Press Photographers Association's national secretary Denise McGill announced the winners in November's month-long election for two seats on the organization's board of directors as well as leaders in NPPA's odd-numbered Regions..more

Sign Up Today for the 2012 Northern Short Course
Join us at the 31st annual Northern Short Course March 8-10 at the Hyatt Fairlakes in Fairfax, VA. Each day will begin and end with a speaker from the popular lecture series with workshops rounding out the rest of the day. Still and multimedia reviews will continue Thursday and Friday evenings as well as the Saturday night reception honoring the annual contest winners. For more information or to register please visit the website.

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