WAR DANCE now showing

For the last two decades, the people of northern Uganda have been dealing with unthinkable conflict and hardship. War Dance is the story of one group of children, from the Patongo refugee camp, who overcome intense personal experiences to join together and qualify to compete, along with 20,000 other schools, in the National Music Competition, in Kampala. War Dance is now showing in a few theatres across the country, including (in NYC) Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and also the Angelika Film Center (where free tickets are being given out for the 7:40 and 10:00pm shows this evening, courtesy of HSBC).

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Poynter Institute Seminars & The Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop

The Poynter Institute will be kicking off the new year with a series of audio and multimedia based seminars. In January, they are offering Online Storytelling with Audio and Images. February brings Multimedia Journalism for Every Craft. In March, the Poynter staff teams up with the folks from The Stan Kalish Workshop to host Digital Photo Editing: Print to Motion/Motion to Print. Deadline for the first Poynter seminar is November 26, so don't delay. For those interested in attending both the Poynter Digital Photo Editing seminar and the Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop, they are offering a special $100 off deal if you register for both. The Kalish Workshop will be held in Muncie, IN, from May 30-June 4 and June 6-11.

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Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Just a reminder- the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar is coming up on November 30 & December 1, in Atlanta, GA. Deadline for contest entries is November 7. Speakers this year will include Kristin Ashburn, Renee Byer, Dan Beatty, Gary Coronado, Pat Drew, and Will Yurman. For those interested, there will be additional Workshops on Friday, those who register can select from Multimedia, Sports, Documentary Photography, Location Lighting, and Legal Issues in Photography.

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Online MA/Postgraduate Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course launching

The London College of Communication is launching an online MA/Postgraduate Diploma Photojournalism and Documentary Photography distance learning program, to begin January 2008. This part-time course aims to mirror real world practices and prepare students to enter the professional world. Many presentations by visiting speakers will be delivered via podcasts, and students will be encouranged to make use of blogs and online distribution. The course is entirely online, with no requirements for attendance in London. The program will largely focus on digital transitions, and multimedia projects will be emphasized. For more information, contact Paul Lowe, Course Director, at p.lowe@lcc.arts.ac.uk

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Never Coming Home book launch and update

Beginning in the summer of 2004, photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein and audio producer Zac Barr began interviewing American families who had lost a loved one in Iraq. Their stories, along with intimate photographs of the military funerals and the families, are told in Never Coming Home, originally published on MediaStorm in 2005. Previously seen in many major media publications, Andrew's award-winning images are now available in a book compilation, published this fall. The book launch for Never Coming Home will be on Monday, October 29, 6:30-8:00pm, at The Bubble Lounge, 228 West Broadway, NYC. Additional stories from the project will be premiering that day on MediaStorm.

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