There were 21 submissions for the first ever NSC Visual Educator Teach-a-thon session to be held Friday March 9th at the NSC. Three judges reviewed each proposal for originality, innovation, creativity, practicality and effectiveness. The top three winners will be announced at the NSC and be awarded cash prizes sponsored by Temple University Department of Journalism. Each professor will have 7 minutes to present their innovative idea to attendees. Congratulations to the following professors whose projects have been accepted.
John Beale, Penn State University
Mark Berkey-Gerard, Rowan University
Mark Dolan, Southern Illinois University
Mark Johnson, University of Georgia
Marcy Nighswander, Ohio University
David Nolan, Texas State University
Michael O'Donnell, University of St. Thomas
Stanton Paddock, University of Maryland
There are still a few days left to endter the 2012 NSC contest. Prizes for 2012 include a ThinkTank Retrospective 20 for the first place winner in each still category and a ThinkTank Multimedia Wired Up 10 for first place in each multimedia categories. Photographer of the Year will receive a camera courtesy of NIKON, a plaque and a Think Tank Airport TakeOff.
Entries will be accepted till Monday February 6th at 3 pm. Keep in mind the NPPA BOP is accepting entries till midnight Febraury 3rd and traffic may be unusually high on the site causing a slowdown in the system. Click here for compete rules and the enry site.
The 2012 Northern Short Course Contest will continue accepting entries till Moday February 6, 2012 at 3 p.m.. Judging will take place Saturday February 11th at 9 a.m. in room 3 of Annenberg Hall at Temple University. Judging is open to the public and if you can't make it in person, you can watch the livestream on the NSC website. The 2012 judges are Rob Carr, Linda Epstein and Geroge Miller. Join us for a reception honoring this years winners Saturday March 10th at the NSC in Fairfax, VA. Judges bios available here.
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Grant applications are now being accepted for the Northern Short Course. Grants are available to cover tuition costs, a limited number of travel grants are also available. The NPPA is able to provide these scholarships through funds distributed by The Authors Coalition of America (ACA), an association of organizations representing independent authors including illustrators, photographers, songwriters, text writers and visual artists. Grants are limited to professional still photographers living in the United States. Applications are due Monday February, 6th. For more information and to apply.
Born in Alsfeld, Germany, Gerd Ludwig studied photography with Professor Steinert at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, graduating in 1972. The following year he co-founded VISUM, Germany’s first photographer-owned photo agency, and began working for publications such as Geo, Stern, Spiegel, Time, and Life. Soon after moving to New York in the mid 1980s, Gerd Ludwig started photographing for National Geographic Magazine. His focus on environmental issues and the socio-economic changes following the dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a book, Broken Empire: After the Fall of the USSR, a ten-year retrospective published by National Geographic in 2001, and an iPad App, The Long Shadow of Chernobyl, published by Lightbox Press in 2011.
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The entry period has opened for the 2012 Northern Short Course Contest. Prizes for 2012 include a ThinkTank Retrospective 20 for the first place winner in each still categories and a ThinkTank Multimedia Wired Up 10 for first place in each multimedia categories. Certificates will be awarded for 2nd, and 3rd in each category. Photographer of the Year will receive a camera courtest of Nikon. Don't delay get your entries in before the February 6th deadline. For complete rules and entry information.
Scott Broom a Digital Correspondent at WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. is a new breed of electronic journalist whose work is now featured at the Newseum as an example of the dramatic changes occurring in the media business.
After 26 years as an Emmy Award winning traditional “coat and tie” TV reporter, he is now tasked with accelerating the television news industry’s shift from traditional broadcasting to high-volume web-based, video, and text communications. As a "One Man Band" he has reported single-handedly in the most challenging environments including from Port au Prince Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. Scott is an expert in how digital media are changing the local TV news landscape.
“The crew is gone,” Scott explains, “I work alone, shooting and editing my own video. I write and deliver content on all platforms all the time. I file text, video, and photo updates to the Internet throughout the day via wireless broadband.
It’s time to prepare your images for the 2012 Northern Short Course Contest. Several updates have been made for the 2012 contest including changes to both the Photographer of the Year Portfolio and the Sports Portfolio categories. New for 2012 is a Natural Disaster category for single images. Entries will be accepted beginning January 3, 2012.
Multimedia is now eligible for inclusion in NSC portfolio entries. Picture stories and multimedia entries count as a single entry. A portfolio MUST include entries from at least two of the picture story or individual multimedia categories.
The new Natural Disaster category recognizes coverage of the human or physical impact of this year's earthquakes, floods, oil spills, hurricanes, and other destructive natural events.
The Sports Portfolio category no longer requires a picture story. A story may be included and counts as one entry. A Sports Portfolio entry must include images from at least three different sports.
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Judy Herrmann and Susan Carr join the 2012 NSC faculty to teach business workshops. Carr will lead a workshop for emerging photographers helping you navigate the mysteries of pricing and Judy Herrmann will help teach you how to stand on your own two feet as a photojournalist. Both workshops are sponsored by NPPA and ASMP.
Are you an innovative instructor? An avant-garde professor? A inspiring pedagogue? A creative educator? A digital maven?
The 2012 Northern Short Course in Photojournalism wants your ideas? This year's NSC will be hosting a Visual Educator Teach-a-thon session to highlight innovative ideas for teaching visual communication and photojournalism in today's digital environment. 10 presenters will be selected from all submissions to their ideas at this year's NSC for seven minutes. The top three ideas will receive small cash awards (sponsored by the Temple University Dept. of Journalism). Please complete the official entry here. All faculty members are welcome to apply.
All entries must be received by Monday, January 13, 2012 and will be refereed by a panel of judges based on originality, innovativeness, creativity and practicality. Submitters will be notified by February 1, 2012 of their status. The presentations will be Friday, March 9, 2012
