NPPAOU Newsletter: January 23, 2023
Join us Wednesday at 6 for our first meeting back from break!
Hey NPPAOU folks,
We hope the first week of classes has gone well for everyone! This coming week, we will host our first meeting of the year. Our meeting time has now switched from Tuesdays to Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the same room in RTV. Our first meeting, this Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. will be a photo book night! Bring in a few of your favorite photo books to share! Alden Library also has some great photo books if you do not have any here at school.
Below is an incredible image made by Emma Reed for our first weekly photo highlight:
Kilauea volcano erupts again at Halema'uma'u Crater in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, on Jan. 5, 2023. Photo by Emma Reed.
This semester we want to focus on sharing the incredible work you all are producing by sharing those images in the newsletter and on the NPPAOU Instagram. You can submit the images here, by Sunday the 29th to be featured in next week’s newsletter. The images should include captions, a filename with your first and last name, and be made in line with the NPPA Code of Ethics that we always hold ourselves to as a professional organization.
We are excited to announce the top six images, below, that will be featured in the Schoonover Gallery for the Student Organization Show — congratulations to Akash, Dylan, Alex, Milton, Pearl, and Joe! Thank you to everyone who submitted work and to Sue Morrow and Megan Westervelt for making selections!
We also wanted to include the runner-ups, below, that Sue and Megan had selected so that you all can see how things were considered.
We will be making prints tonight in the print lab if you guys would like to stop by and preview the work!
We have a great opportunity to connect with others in the NPPA community through the RIT chapter over zoom this Friday at 6:30 pm! Check out the poster below for more information. They ask everyone to come with five images to share! We will have our regular meeting room reserved if you would like to come in person, but you can also join virtually. Here is the link.
Join us this Saturday for a collaborative Spring Semester party with OUMS, and SPJ at 9 Franklin Ave. at 8 p.m!
As always, here is a list of opportunities to check out including jobs, contests, grants and more to apply for or look into:
The 40th annual Northern Short Course (NSC), NPPA’s annual photojournalism conference, returns to in-person on March 16-18. Similar to the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the NSC is accepting volunteer applications until Feb 1! “In exchange for your time, the NSC will provide a hotel room (shared with other volunteers), meals Wednesday evening through Saturday evening, priority access to Portfolio Reviews and free registration for the Northern Short Course.” Apply to be a volunteer here.
The Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. The deadline for submitting your work is Jan. 23. Read more about the contest categories here and enter your work here.
There are three open photography positions in this year's Report For America newsrooms, a 2-3 year program that “helps local newsrooms report on under-covered issues and communities by sending early-career and mid-to-late-career reporters and photographers to newsrooms throughout the country.” Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through Jan. 30, apply here.
The 2023 WHNPA'Eyes of History®" student visual journalism contest is open until Jan. 31.
The Ohio News Photographers Association’s 72nd Annual Still & Multimedia Contest and Annual Television Contest are now open for entry! You have until Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 at 11:59pm to submit your entry. To submit, click here to navigate to the rules page and click here to see past winners. If you’re a resident of Ohio and are returning to school in the fall, be sure apply ONPA’s The Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship.
The Alexia is accepting submissions for its 2023 student and professional grants until Feb. 9.
NABJ is accepting applications for the 2023 NABJ Visual Task Force Scholarship. The deadline for the $3,000 award is Feb. 27.
Vital Impacts will award two $20,000 environmental photography grants to support the development of a "long-term documentary photography project with local communities who are working to protect the environment and wildlife." The deadline is March 15.
The Northern Exposure photojournalism workshop is March 31 - April 1 in Minneapolis. Speakers include William Albert Allard and Daniella Zalcman. Friday will be a student-oriented day, with Saturday and Sunday for everyone.
Today, the Ohio News Photographer Association announced the return of an in-person ONPA Convention, Saturday, April 1, 2023 from 9am - 7pm at Midwest Photo, Columbus, Oh. The 2023 annual ONPA Conference is returning in-person to Columbus, Oh, on April 1, 9am to 7pm at Midwest Photo. Attendance is free, but is limited to 100 spots so register here as soon as possible!
Don’t forget to follow the links below to our Redbubble site where you can purchase shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more. Additionally, our second NPPAOU Magazine from the 2021-2022 school year is still up for sale on MagCloud.
NPPAOU & VisCom merch on Redbubble
NPPAOU Magazine 2021-2022: As One on MagCloud
We are excited to see everyone this week!
If you have any questions, feedback or ideas for this semester, please reach out to us:
Joe Timmerman, President - jt316618@ohio.edu
Tanner Pearson, Vice President - tp099818@ohio.edu
Zoe Cranfill, Treasurer - zc973920@ohio.edu
Ryan Grzybowski, Secretary - rg640118@ohio.edu
Sue Morrow, Advisor – suemorrow@me.com