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NPPA Revamped: New Resources for Visual Journalists

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 20, 2012

It's been an exciting month for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) with the launch of their new brand and website and a revamped News Video Workshop announced this month. According to NPPA, the 66-year-old organization began their rebranding process in 2008 when they realized, although they had begun equipping and supporting their members' work in new media, they needed to do a better job of communicating these efforts and offerings to their members. As NPPA president Sean D. Elliot said in his address to the NPPA Board last January, “We may still have some work to do convincing visual journalists that we have moved beyond print, but the mission of the NPPA is not tied to the printed page.” Their new branding package, designed in collaboration with Journey Group, of Charlottesville, VA "reflects the concepts of motion and community," and loosely represents a camera lens, according to NPPA. The new logo…

Deadline for Last 2012 Workshop Approaching

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 6, 2012

Applications for the December 10-14, 2012 MediaStorm Methodology Workshop close this Friday, November 9. Attend the Mediastorm Methodology Workshop Whether you are a creative leader, an educator, an entrepreneur looking to start your own media company, or a professional interested in learning how to build a foundation for timeless, impactful multimedia, the MediaStorm Methodology Workshop is the right opportunity for you. The Classroom The methodology workshop gave me time to stop and step into a different way of seeing journalism. I came away inspired by what's possible if we commit to a different way of thinking about stories. -John Temple, Managing Editor, The Washington Post The MediaStorm Methodology Workshop is a five-day intensive workshop held at MediaStorm’s studio in Brooklyn, NY. The workshop is led by MediaStorm founder, Brian Storm, with individual sessions taught by full-time staff members. Our workshop size is always small (under 15 attendees) to ensure that sessions are…

Poynter Online Storytelling Workshop

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 1, 2012

Poynter, the National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) and the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) are teaming up to hold a day-long, online and in-person workshop for video storytellers and students. The workshop will discuss how professionals tell creative stories despite time constraints. Workshop Details Video Storytelling with the Pros: Creativity on a Deadline Saturday, January 19, 2013, 10:00a.m. EST Attend online or at Poynter Institute Register Now About the Workshop Deadlines don't mean you have to produce dull stories. Learn how award-winning professionals tell creative stories despite time constraints in this daylong workshop. You can join our all-star lineup online through Poynter's NewsU or attend in person at The Poynter Institute by clicking the Enroll Now button on the right. Who Should Attend Video, TV, multimedia and other journalists who want to tell more powerful stories every day, plus college educators who teach video journalism--and anyone who tells stories with pictures and…

Luminance Speaker Videos Now Live

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:October 25, 2012

Video: David Burnett speaks at Luminance 2012 from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo. PhotoShelter has begun to release speakers' videos from their Luminance conference held last month in New York. The first three videos are from the first session of the conference. And they will be releasing additional speaker videos in groups in the coming weeks. The first group is available now on the Luminance website. If you missed Luminance, or just want a recap, check out our blog posts from the two-day conference. Follow the ongoing conversation started at the conference or tweet your reaction to the videos with #luminance. About Luminance PhotoShelter, the leader in portfolio websites, photo sales, marketing and archiving tools for photographers, hosted Luminance 2012, a fresh new conference to bring together leading voices from across industries to answer the question: What’s next for photography? This two-day conference featured two dozen top speakers from a variety of organizations that…

Intimacy in Multimedia with UnionDocs

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:October 25, 2012

Every storyteller knows that at the heart of a good story is empathy. But getting your interviewee to open up is sometimes easier said than done. Multimedia journalists Marcus Yam (The Home Front), Maisie Crow (Half-Lives: The Chernobyl Workers Now), and Béatrice de Géa (NYT: When illness makes a spouse a stranger) will discuss the delicate balance of getting intimate with your subject, how to navigate boundaries once you’re embedded in someone else’s life, and how they go about achieving a deep level of intimacy. Each guest will each present a multimedia story, discuss their processes, and take questions from the audience. Event Details GETTING CLOSE: INTIMACY IN MULTIMEDIA with Marcus Yam, Maisie Crow, and Béatrice de Géa Saturday, October 27 7:30pm UNIONDOCS 322 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 Buy Tickets | Suggested donation $9 Event curated by Mooj Zadie and Maisie Crow. About the Speakers MARCUS YAM Marcus Yam (b.1984) is…