Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 4 September 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 2, 2008) – Associated Press photojournalist and NPPA member Matt Rourke, along with Democracy Now! television and radio host Amy Goodman and two of her producers, were released from a county jail a few hours after they were arrested Monday while covering an anti-war march during the first day of the Republican [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 31 July 2008
From the NPPA: WASHINGTON, DC (July 31, 2008) – The federal shield law for journalists that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) promised to bring before the Senate before the summer recess, was stalled by Senate Republicans in a 51-to-43 vote that failed to move the legislation forward. The bill needed at least 60 votes [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 16 July 2008
Update via NPPA: The long-standing “Truth With A Camera” workshop that Edom Foundation director Dr. Vme Edom Smith back in January said was cancelled for 2008 has been revived by two photojournalists who work for The Virginian-Pilot. … …The new workshops are planned for the City of Santiago in the Dominican Republic for October 2008, [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 15 July 2008
Via the NPPA: This year’s Women in Photojournalism Conference is a unique blend of traditional photojournalism offerings and new multimedia and video ideas, 2008 television conference chair Pat Holloway says. And online registration for the conference is now available here. … “We have talented speakers who will inspire and rekindle your own commitment to the [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 14 July 2008
According to NPPA, print media is not the place to look for jobs right now. The Baltimore Sun will cut 100 jobs by August to reduce costs, the publisher told employees, reducing the workforce through voluntary buy-outs, layoffs, attrition, and closing job positions that have been left open. In the fourth round of job cutbacks [...]
