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Workshop Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 3:15 PM
Workshop Speaker: Stan Heist
It’s easy to fall in a rut, chasing story after story under an unforgiving deadline. Former chief photographer and 2005 NPPA Ernie Crisp National Television News Photographer of the Year Stan Heist will share some methods to help you build credibility in the newsroom, control your destiny, and turn each and every assignment into an opportunity to become a stronger video storyteller.
Stan Heist is a veteran of broadcast newsrooms having worked for network affiliates in Dayton, Ohio, Richmond, Va., Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. As a photojournalist, editor and newsroom manager, Stan has developed many paths for finding success.
Stan teaches at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. In addition he is a freelance videographer, editor, writer, and consultant. He has received ten regional Emmy awards for his work, is a two time National Press Photographers Association Regional Photographer of the Year, and the 2005 NPPA Television News Photographer of
the Year. He teaches video journalism extensively to
professionals, students, and the military in the United States and abroad. Stan is the co-director of the NPPA’s annual News VideoWorkshop at the University of Oklahoma. And he keeps an eye on the weather too, serving as a Skywarn weather spotter for the National Weather Service!
