NPPA Offers Two Full-Tuition Kalish Workshop Scholarships

If you're thinking of applying for The Kalish Workshop, the Workshop and the NPPA are offering some great stipends and scholarships: From the NPPA site: The National Press Photographers Association is offering two full-tuition scholarships to The Kalish Workshop in June at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and the workshop is offering 10 stipends toward registration. The Kalish, in its twenty-first year, is four days of intense training in visual storytelling editing. Participants will learn how to establish a narrative, select media mix, edit the narrative, and produce the story for online and print. The Kalish combines lectures, hands-on exercises, critiques, and group discussions to create a complete learning experience. The workshop is geared for anyone who handles pictures for online or print. Picture editors, photographers, professors, writers, and designers will benefit. The workshop at Ball State will run from June 20 through June 24, 2011. To be eligible for this…

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Apply now for the Kalish – Deadline is May 2

Applications are currently being accepted for The Kalish - If you are a visual editor looking to sharpen your visual story-telling skills or fine-tune them to better fit a digital newsroom, you want to apply for this workshop. If you need convincing, see what Kevin Riddell, a recent graduate from the Ohio University School of Visual Communication, has to say about his experience at the 2009 Kalish Workshop: The Kalish Experience | Kevin Riddell from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo. Visit the Kalish site for more information and to apply.

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Call for Entries: W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography 2011

The 2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography is now open for entries. The deadline for the receipt of applications is May 31, 2011. Photographers interested in applying may obtain guidelines at the W. Eugene Smith Fund website. For 2011, the amount of the grant will be $30,000. An additional $5,000 in fellowship money will be dispersed, at the discretion of the jury, to one or more finalists deemed worthy of special recognition. Grants will be presented in a ceremony held in New York City in October. The W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography was established in 1979 following the death of Gene Smith, the legendary American photo essayist. Today, the grant represents the most prestigious honor in the field of documentary photography. The Judging: Every year, the fund's board of trustees appoints a three-member international jury to recognize a photographer who has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to documenting the…

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World Press Photo Announces Multimedia Contest Shortlist

World Press Photo held its first multimedia contest this year. They worked with a nominating committee to identify exceptional projects, and then invited the creators of those projects to submit their pieces for judging. The jury consisted of Claudine Boeglin (Thomson Reuters Foundation), Andrew DeVigal (The New York Times), Kang Kyung-ran (Frontline News Service), and Gideon Mendel (photographer), and Jury Chair, Ed Kashi (photojournalist/filmmaker). Projects were shortlisted in two categories: Linear Productions, and Interactive Productions. Finalists were selected from over 40 nominations. Winners will be announced during the World Press Photo Awards Ceremony on May 7, 2011. The shortlisted Finalists are: Blanco, by Stefano De Luigi and VII Photo Agency The Home Front, photographed by Marcus Yam and produced by Nancy Donaldson, Catrin Einhorn and Meaghan Looram for The New York Times A Man in the Forest, by Lei Wang Powering a Nation, photographed by Mike Ehrlich, Jessey Dearing, Lauren Frohne and…

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Magnum Foundation launches Emergency Fund website

The Magnum Foundation has launched a new website for their Emergency Fund, and it's definitely something you should make time to go check out. There are already several stories up on the site, along with information about how you can get involved and help support these photographers. More on the Emergency Fund from the Magnum Foundation Site: The Emergency Fund supports experienced photographers with a commitment to documenting social issues, working long-term, and engaging with an issue over time. Projects address critical global issues that have not received the attention they deserve, or budding crises that are still over the horizon. Photographers retain the copyright to their work and distribute it widely: through traditional and new media, in collaboration with nonprofits or NGOs, and on the Emergency Fund website. Each year, a diverse group of photography professionals nominate 100 professional photographers to submit proposals. An independent Editorial Board selects 10 to 20…

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