Northern Short Course Photo Contest Winners Announced
Northern Short Course
2008 Photo Contest Winners List
Hyatt Regency, Rochester, New York
Photographer of the Year:
1st: Stephen Katz The Virginian Pilot
2nd: Ross Taylor The Hartford Courant
3rd: Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post
HM: Josh Meltzer The Roanoke Times
HM: John Freidah The Providence Journal
HM: Katie Falkenberg The Washington Times
McLoughlin elected chair of NSC
Michelle McLoughlin, of New Haven, CT was selected Friday to be the next Chair of the NPPA’s Northern Short Course, replacing outgoing chair Damon Kiesow who has served in the post since 2002. McLoughlin was elected by the regional event’s board during their annual meeting on Friday, March 14 at the 27th annual Northern Short Course in Rochester, NY.
McLoughlin, currently the Director of NPPA Region One, has been a board member of the NSC since 2002 and is currently serving as the event’s Registration Chair.
read moreNSC Shootout Projects
Participants in the NSC Multimedia Shootout traveled to the Rochester, NY Zoo and produced five Soundslides projects on Friday afternoon. Some of the projects are still works-in-progress:
Video Strategy - tape delay
On tape-delay from Rochester, NY - Chuck Fadley and Howard Owens in the Video Strategy Face-Off.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Chris Usher graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington with a degree in Journalism. Usher spent several years as a newspaper photographer, (Troy Daily News; Richmond Palladium Item; Louisville Courier Journal; Miami Herald; Orlando Sentinel ) before going freelance and moving to Washington, DC in 1990.