February 2009
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Student Contest Judging
REMINDER _ THE STUDENT CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE IS MARCH 1 AT 11:59 PM EST. HERE ARE THE RULES
Judging for the Eyes of History 2009 STUDENT CONTESTS will take place on March 7, 2009 at the Associated Press Headquarters in downtown DC starting at 8:30 a.m. All are welcome to come hear the judging and hear the judges comment on the winning work. Address: 1100 13th Street NW, Suite 700,...
Media ban lifted at Dover Air Force Base →
washingtonpost.com article regarding the decision to lift media /photo ban at Dover
Pete Souza Names New White House Photo Staff →
Chuck Kennedy, a 20-year veteran Washington photojournalist from the McClatchy-Tribune News Service, has been named to be the assistant director of the White House Photography Office, official White House photographer Pete Souza told News Photographer magazine today as he announced some of the new staff members who will be working with him to document the presidency of Barack Obama. READ MORE at...
WHNPA Television Contest - Video Photography
WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION TELEVISION CONTEST 2009 VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: DAI BAKER, ITN P-1 SPOT NEWS 1. Michael Horan/BJ Forte - WTTG-TV – River Road Rescues 2. Doug Wilkes – WTTG-TV- Anti-War Demonstration 3. Walter Crawford – WJLA-TV- Prince William County Flooding HM. Peter Murtaugh – BBC – Georgia Victims P-2 GENERAL NEWS 1. Joel Witte – WTTG-TV – Voter Reaction...
WHNPA Television Contest- Editing
WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION TELEVISION CONTEST 2009 VIDEO EDITOR OF THE YEAR: BILL MCKENNA, BBC World News America
E-1 SPOT NEWS 1. Ed Eaves – NBC – Water Main Break 2.Jason Smith – WTTG-TV – Water Main Break 3.Doug Wilkes – WTTG-TV – Anti-War Demonstration HM. Joni Mazer Field – Freelance/BBC News – Haiti Tragedy HM. Peter Murtaugh – BBC – Georgia Victims
E-2 GENERAL NEWS ...
Best Multimedia Single & Package
BEST MULTIMEDIA SINGLE Overall notes: This was a difficult category to judge. We re-ordered the winning entries several times depending on how we interpreted the rules. We liked the idea of awarding innovation in multimedia as a way of driving the industry forward. But at the same time there were different types of story telling and it was hard to differentiate between individual pieces purely...
slideshow: award-winning photographs →
BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO (NATURAL SOUND &...
I. BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO (natural sound) 1st Place: A Mother’s Risk In Sierra Leone, one in eight women die in childbirth, a problem that gets little attention from international donors who are far more focused on global health threats such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Adama Sannoh, unable to find transportation to a medical facility, spent a sleepless night...
CONTEST RESULTS - SATURDAY
CONTEST RESULTS ARE LIVE …. THE WHNPA WEB SITE WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. A HANDFUL OF THE PRELIMINARY WINNERS ARE FEATURED BELOW. PLEASE CHECK THE CONTEST SECTION OF OUR SITE FOR COMPLETE AWARDS COVERAGE.
http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2009/
PRELIMINARY CONTEST RESULTS! →
The Eyes of History Still Photography, Video & Editing, and New Media contests are being judged today and tomorrow - results will be updated as info becomes available. Preliminary results are online at the link above.
Saturday Still Contest judging schedule
(sequence subject to change) Judging begins around 9 am
Sports Action (SSS) Sports Feature (FRS) Sports Picture Story —- Short break —- Pictorial Feature —- Lunch —- Portrait Presidential On Capitol Hill Campaign ——— break ——— Inauguration Political Picture Story
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THIS WEEKEND!
Reminder: The 2009 ‘Eyes of History’ contest judging will take place THIS weekend at National Geographic. Open judging for all categories: Still, Television and New Media, starting around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday through Sunday afternoon. OPEN WHNPA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. Please bring as many friends and colleagues as you’d like to for...
fotobama week
And you thought the contests for the year were over—WAIT, there is still Fotobama This is a contest sponsored by DC FOTOWEEK and the Newseum. The photos can be ANY aspect of the campaign or inauguration (in any city anywhere in the world), they can be of people or objects. Basically, the image should capture the spirit of this election and inauguration. The winning photographs will be in an...
In Memoriam
Elizabeth “Betty” Jarden McDougall, the wife of University of Missouri emeritus journalism professor Angus McDougall, has died She was 93. In 2008 the McDougalls made a substantial gift to the Missouri School of Journalism to preserve for research and educational use the work of photojournalists, establishing The Angus and Betty McDougall Center for Photojournalism Studies. More info...
WHNPA Joins NPPA In Call To End Dover Photo Ban →
WHNPA supports the resumption of news coverage at...
Read the WHNPA’s letter to President Barack Obama in support of the resumption of news coverage of our returning heroes at Dover Air Force Base.
Our members believe that this coverage is a legitimate story and would urge you to permit this coverage to resume. Of course, we feel that the coverage should be done in a dignified and respectful manner. READ MORE
There's still time ...Contest deadline -...
DOWNLOAD THE 2009 STILL CONTEST RULES AND ENTRY FORMS All entries must have been taken by active or life members in good standing. Members shall not enter photographs that were taken prior to the date that their application was received by the board of the WHNPA. Entries must have been taken, or initially published, between January 1, 2008, through January 20, 2009. Previously entered images are...
JOLKOVSKI THESIS RECEPTION, FEB 5, 5:00 - 8:00
PHOTOJOURNALISM THESIS - DAVID JOLKOVSKI - Reception on Thursday, February 5 from 5 - 8 PM. Open Feb 4 - 8, 2009 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gallery 31.