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#NPPA
The
@NPPA
is proud to be one of ten leading global news & publishing organizations that signed an open letter to policymakers and industry leaders globally, laying out proposed principles for the regulated and responsible growth of generative AI models.
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@NPPA
Advocacy wrote to Arizona Gov. Ducey asking him to veto a bill passed by state legislature that would make it unlawful for a photographer to record a police officer within 8 feet of the officer without permission.
@aliciaphoto
@nppalawyer
The NPPA board creates Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee; names
@pollyirungu
as its chair. This is the first time a standing committee has been written into the bylaws of our association to live on in perpetuity.
I love
@NatGeoPhotos
’ approach to their Best of 2017, appropriately called Pictures of We Love. Each photo editor selected their favorite and talks about why…
The
@nypostsports
’ cover is heartbreaking. And their story is a touching tribute that we wish didn’t have to be written. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Anthony was the kind of photographer we should all aspire to be — one with a heart.
“Fox News has “a responsibility to their public. It’s one thing for their opinion hosts to state whatever opinion they have, but for their online news platform, they have to follow the ethical norms of any news organization,” said
@NPPAExec
1/3
@NPPA
just got word from
@Instagram
that they have released a feature that allows people to disable embedding on their IG accounts. The feature is active as of today.
As protests continue, the
@NPPA
urges accountability for police who violate journalists’ rights. Thank you
@nppalawyer
and
@aliciaphoto
for advocating for our members who have been directly impacted by arrests and violence.
The NPPA calls on all politicians who visit migrant child detention facilities to insist on being accompanied by visual journalists and on unfettered access to those facilities for all journalists.
News photographers place themselves at risk while documenting vital information for the public. We have created a fund to help those impacted.
@NPPA
@NPPFScholars
sincerely thank you for any help you are able to give during this uncertain time.
Please remember that every amazing photo and video of these upsetting events unfolding is brought to you by a journalist putting themselves in harm’s way so you may witness history.
Meet our new
@NPPA
president
@MarieDennise
. She is the 1st Latina & 1st woman of color in our 75-year history to be elected president. She is the 6th woman president.
And other board news: elections, resolutions
"I don't know how we'd see the world if we had more women behind the camera. I have no way to imagine what stories would've been told or how we would've see certain historic events differently — how they would've been framed differently."
The
@NPPA
2022 Best of Photojournalism contest is open for entries and with a new division — Documentary! Check it out!
Photo by Luis Tato
@washingtonpost
Kevin Frayer, a freelance photographer for Getty, was a finalist in the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for his story on the Rohingya in Myanmar.
.
@NPPA
condemn the actions by the
@MnDPS_DPS
in using the highly suspect "catch & release" tactic to stop journalists from reporting on matters of public concern. Their actions are not only troubling but illegal.
@CNN
@CNNPhotos
@GovTimWalz
A year after the creation of
@NPPA
@NPPFoundation
COVID-19 Relief Fund, applications are open for photojournalists financially impacted by COVID-19. Deadline, April 17, Noon EST. We are grateful to over 400 donors, including
@Sony
who made this possible.
Now open (with a new site) Best of Photojournalism 2021. Enter now:
2020 Winner in Still Photojournalism, Politics -
@dougmillsnyt
@nytimes
Thanks
@Sony
for your support.
We stand in support with our media colleagues.
@NPPA
and
@press_fund
denounce Seattle judge ruling to turn over photographs, video footage of May 30 protests.
HUGE win for photographers as Fourth Circuit rejects “good faith” claim in copyright infringement case! Appeals Court: “All contemporary photographs are presumptively under copyright”
@nppalawyer
@aliciaphoto
@asmp
made this happen!
#copyright
The
@NPPA
2020 Multimedia Journalist of the Year
@BronteWittpenn
Congratulations Brontë!!
Photo of Brontë by Riley Reed
Photo from story about unexplained deaths at Fort Hood
The
@NPPFoundation
is accepting applications for its annual Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant. The grant is named for the late Los Angeles Times photo editor who served as a mentor and championed the work of photojournalists throughout his career.
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER,
@daisugano
made the iconic photo in May. Now we know the story of Khennedi Meeks. Reprinted in News Photographer with
@mercnews
permission. Story by
@juliasulek
“Be certain of your mission, but be prepared to constantly grow. Work hard, very hard. Be forever curious, persistent and gracious. When people let you into their lives, realize that it is a gift.”
RIP, Michele.
via
@NYTimes
So,
@Instagram
has gotten a lot of attention in the past 24 hours after a district court in New York dismissed photojournalist
@stephsinclair
's copyright lawsuit against Mashable for its embedded use of a photograph she posted on Instagram. /1
So wonderful running into
@lynseyaddario
in eastern
#Ukraine
. All we seem to do is laugh, until the shells came raining down moments after this photo. 💥
#peace
Proud to announce
@NPPA
partnership with
@press_fund
@firstlookmedia
to launch PFDF-NPPA Legal Advocacy Initiative to support journalists who have been arrested or injured while covering news stories.
Remembering the brilliance of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington. Eleven years ago today they were killed in Misrata, Libya. Peace.
@hondrosfund
@TimHetherington
"Great photography requires steadiness of hand and heart." - Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) Remembering the live and legacy of Chris and all he gave to us today. 📷:
@stufankjian
"I think the value of having a professional staff photojournalist on the scene can’t be overstated. There were hundreds of people on that block, and those pictures didn’t exist from anyone in the crowd, with cellphones or from bystanders.”
@RyanMKellyPhoto
"The best journalistic work I can do is, without letting myself get too emotional, that I do when I get home [is] I sort of process what I've seen,"
@lynseyaddario
We lost a great member today. RIP, Nick. 💞
“He was trying to see things at a much higher level. … He wouldn’t want photos to be redundant of the words. He wanted photos to say something at another level that only a photograph could do.”
NEWS!
@NPPA
announces Dudley Brooks as the new chair of the Best of Photojournalism competition: “We welcome Dudley in his new role as he helps NPPA’s
#BOP
competition continue to grow and adapt,” said
@NPPAExec
Welcome, Dudley!
Along with other grassroots photo organizations, the
@NPPA
is thrilled to announce the launch of the Photo Bill of Rights today —sign your name to demand a more equitable visual media industry!
#photobillofrights
Coverage of fire rescues yesterday by
@JesseBogan
@twitjb
and me looks powerful in print today and online
@stltoday
. Please support your local newspaper.
The special
@PulitzerPrizes
Citation to Darnella Frazier for her recording of the killing of George Floyd is an outstanding tribute to being witness to injustice. Without her doing so, we would not have understood what happened on that horrible day May 25, 2020.
Ruby Washington was the first African-American female photographer for
@nytimes
, and a wonderful woman. She passed away earlier this week. Read about her quiet trailblazing.
It is the mission of
@NPPA
&
@NPPFoundation
to aid working visual journalists, so we created a relief fund for NPPA members financially impacted by the pandemic. You generously responded by raising $40,000.
@instagram
@stephsinclair
@mashable
So, we’re urging everyone to read this and please stand united with us in changing your
@instagram
account to PRIVATE and letting people know why by editing your profile to say so. private. /4
Congrats to new
@NPPA
President Andrew Stanfill, Vice Pres Katie Schoolov, Secretary Marie D. De Jesús (L to R) swearing-in at the board meeting! Kyle Grantham remains treasurer; Micheal P. King is immediate past-president; Andy Colwell is the new Regional Chair! Thanks to all!!
The
@NPPA
, joined by 26 additional media, First Amendment and photography organizations, has filed an official objection to an Arizona bill that would restrict the First Amendment right to record police activity. The hearing is Monday.
#NPPA
#Advocacy
Texas drone law overturned after judge rules for
@NPPA
in federal lawsuit! Proposed in 2013, NPPA urged the legislature to reject the bill which was a broad ban on drone use for a wide range of purposes including journalism.
@aliciaphoto
@nppalawyer
Chad Nelson,
@CMNelsonPhoto
, of KARE has won the 2018 NPPA Ernie Crisp News Photographer of the Year Award. This is two years in a row for Nelson that he has won the award.
Today
@PressClubDC
,
@NPCInstitute
, and 16 other journalism organizations called for law enforcement nationwide to halt the use of violence against journalists covering protests:
BREAKING. Mob of Trump supporters swarm the media near the US Capitol. They yell what Trump frequently says, “the media is the enemy of the people.” They destroy equipment and chased out reporters. I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 year career:
@nbcwashington
@MSNBC
I shipped out over 30 packages containing a total of 325 masks today on behalf of the
@NPPA
. I used up every envelope I could find in my house, and have to order more now. Big ups to the person who donated the masks and just wanted them to get in the hands of visual journalists.
Almudena Toral of Univision News Digital won first in Multimedia Portfolio Individual and Univision News Digital won the team award in Best of Photojournalism Multimedia.
@almudenatoral
@UnivisionNews
Watch how fast a conspiracy is born during a protest at the Maricopa county election center. Some people are convinced news vans parked in media spots are sneaking in ballots. We tried to explain its just camera equipment. They weren’t having it.
@NBCNews
@MSNBC
@NPPA
urges
@CDC
to include visual journalists in the phase of the COVID-19 vaccine for essential and critical infrastructure workforce as they report on their communities. Thank you
@nppalawyer
and
@aliciaphoto
The Knoxville News gives a shout out to staff photographers
@caitiemcmekin
and
@bpaciorka
to mark International Women’s Day. “They achieve success with a casual ease that is the envy and consternation to the rest of us.”
"It may not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you'll never forget." Check out some truly terrific Year in Picture galleries (we'll have more next week, too!).
Opening soon, Best of Photojournalism 2021. Here's some inspiration from last year's Sports Photographer of the Year, Alexey Filippov. Thanks to our sponsor
@Sony
for all of your support.
CONGRATS to
@AndyBaoPhoto
and
@nicantaya
for wins in NPPA Student Photographer of the Year Contest. Andy took first and Nic is awarded runner-up in the 2019 contest. Great work, all!!
"I just remember that I didn't want to get shot in the back..." Tom Fox talked with News Photographer editor
@suelmorrow
about his experience with the gunman in Dallas on Monday.
@TomFoxPhoto
thanks the
@NPPA
members who have reached out in support.
When photographer
@katshorr
traversed the country to document 101 gun violence survivors she had no idea the project would lead to an ongoing commitment to put a face to gun violence. Story by
@intro2pj
in
@NPPA
News Photographer.
Photo by Kathy Shorr
.
@NPPA
News Photographer Magazine: Friends recall Curt Chandler’s passion for storytelling, teaching .
RIP, Curt. Your spirit lives on through your deep connections with us.
Story: Sarah Dolgin; Photos: Will Yurman, Carli Cichocki , courtesy Bob Lynn
That’s a wrap!!
#2019NPPAboard
meeting is officially over. Stay tuned for some great developments. This crew rocked it for the last two days.
@nppa
members: with these leaders, you are in good hands. For those who are not members: JOIN!
#photojournalism