November 2008
6 posts
The Big Feed →
If you think preparing Thanksgiving dinner is a chore, take a moment to imagine the culinary muscle required to feed more than 4,000 hungry U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen. All at once. Every night. Produced by Susan Walsh. (Nov. 25)
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Wednesday, November 12, 2008: There will be a television contest committee meeting at WJLA on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Many volunteers are needed. Please contact Pege Gilgannon for details and consider volunteering your time. Pege’s phone is: 202-345-1937. Pege does NOT have email. Thursday, November 13, 2008. The next General Membership meeting will be at The National Press Club, Lisagor Room. ...
In memoriam: Cecil Stoughton
Photographer Cecil Stoughton died at home in Florida on Monday, November 3, 2008. Major Stoughton served as White House photographer to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson before that position had a formal name. His photograph of the swearing-in as president of Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John Kennedy is one of the most important of the 20th Century. Cecil...
WHNPA GRANTS - DEADLINE NOV 15, 2008
• A $250 SEMINAR GRANT will help a WHNPA member defray the cost of attending or presenting a seminar.
• A $250 LECTURE GRANT will allow a member to travel to his or her alma mater to share work experiences, promote the WHNPA, and talk about photojournalism in the nationís capital.
• A $5000 PROJECT GRANT has been established for a...