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January 31, 2013

NPPA Tuition Grants

Yes, another National Press Photographers Association-related post … the NPPA has a tuition grant program for professional still photographers. The grants can help pros attend some of the events the organization puts on, such as the upcoming Northern Short Course (one of my personal favorites).

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January 29, 2013

NPPF Scholarships

Yep, the National Press Photographers Foundation has college scholarships for students returning to class next fall. There is no cost to apply, so why not?

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January 29, 2013

Alexia Foundation Student Deadline is Feb. 1

A reminder that the deadline for student applications to the Alexia Foundation is this Friday, Feb. 1. It’s all online, and you could win big: Undergrad awards First Place if Winner is an Undergrad: • Full tuition for study at the SU London Program for the Fall 2013 semester. Tuition is about $19,000. • $1000 cash grant to help produce...

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January 28, 2013

Captions Matter

One graf in this NPR piece by Coburn Dukehart says it all. “I understand the poignancy of capturing a moment,” she says. “Photography is incredibly powerful when used appropriately, and all I am saying is, how about a little respect? Say who you are and get out of the bushes.” Journalism is about people. It’s all, and only, and absolutely,...

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January 24, 2013

White House Internship Deadlines Coming Up

The internship application deadline for the White House’s fall 2013 session is coming up very quickly – Jan. 28, to be precise. While these are unpaid internships, it’s a tremendous opportunity to see what happens behind the scenes and network with a lot of very high-level people. Were I young again, I would totally go for this. Regardless of your...

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January 24, 2013

Why Networking Matters

Does it pay to know people? In this industry, absolutely. Most recent example: How student Ryan Jones ended up in the room as ESPN interviewed Manti Te’o last week. (Thanks to colleague Prof. Vicki Michaelis for the link.)

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January 23, 2013

Required Reading?

I bookmarked this a while ago … (wait, does anyone “bookmark” things anymore?) … over at PhotoShelter, Lauren Margolis collected the best blog posts about photography from 2012. Suspect there’s a semester’s worth of reading in there …

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January 20, 2013

Remembering Chim

In the mid-part of the 20th century, during what some believe to be photojournalism’s heyday, there were some come clear superstars – Cartier-Bresson, Capa, Bourke-White, Smith and Lange all come to mind easily. But there’s another, known by those in the know as Chim. Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Peter Can Agtmael takes a look at an...

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January 17, 2013

Creativity on a Deadline

Poynter’s NewsU has a workshop on Saturday titled Video Storytelling with the Pros: Creativity on a Deadline. It’s all online, with a steep discount for NPPA members (pro and student). Will run through the day and, if you can’t watch it live, you’ll have access to the archives afterwards. I would hate to catch a cold and not be able...

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January 15, 2013

Students: Read This. NOW.

The first response on this thread is from David Carr at the New York Times (I think, he uses that handle elsewhere). Gospel. Read it, believe it, do it.

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