UPDATED July 13, 2006 - Judges comments from Chicago Tribune Photography staff have been added to the winners list.

June 30, 2006 - Winners of the May WNPA clip contest judged by Alex Garcia, Jose More, Wes Pope and Nancy Stone of the Chicago Tribune were recently announced. Here are the winners from this month:

Spot News
1st - Corey Wilson, Press-Gazette, Driver Crashes
2nd - Al Hoch, Janesville Gazette, Opening the Roof
3rd - Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent, Night Fire

Comments:
1st - Clear winner ahead of others with good emotion and context.
2nd - Good detail on a small spot news event.
3rd - Good technical execution of a night fire.
Overall - Category wasn’t strong, but Tribune photographers sympathized with lack of spot news some months.

General News
1st - John Maniaci, Wisconsin State Journal, Soldiers
2nd - Dan Lassiter, Janesville Gazette, DUI
3rd - Mark Hoffman, Journal Sentinel, Boxes
HM - H. Marc Larson, Press-Gazette

Comments:
1st - Jumped out as clear winner, strong composition, good moment, good technicals.
2nd - Strong emotion, didn’t need second submitted photo.
3rd - Judges liked quirkiness of image but found a bit hard to read. Needed better composition.
HM - Just fun, good catch.
Overall - Not a real strong category except for 1st place.

Feature
1st - Evan Siegle, Press-Gazette, Pelicans
2nd - Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent, Umbrella
3rd - Dan Lassiter, Janesville Gazette, Underwater

Comments:
1st - Rose to the top because of its interesting graphic quality. Needed better crop.
2nd - Good use of color and composition
3rd - Good attempt but needed stronger focal point.
Overall - By far the most disappointing category. Lots of cliches, no clear winners for 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Portrait/Personality
1st - Evan Siegle, Press-Gazette
2nd - Sam Castro, Sheboygan Press
3rd - Bruce Halmo, Sheboygan Press

Comments:
1st - Strong execution, but judges felt photo needed something stronger contextually
2nd - Judges liked candidness
3rd - Judges were split on this one. Some felt it was too contrived and not well executed. Others like the attempt and thought it was fun.
Overall - Man of the entries weren’t really portraits, seemed too featurey. It was tough to find a standout.

Sports
1st - William Glasheen, Freelance, Extra Innings Loss
2nd - Dan Lassiter, Janesville Gazette
3rd - Steve Kinderman, Leader-Telegram, A Soaking Celebration
HM - Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent, Second Base

Comments:
1st - Was unanimous. Great moment and composition. Judges would have liked to see it BIG!
2nd - Had an unusual expression and reaction.
3rd - Very nice execution of a standard post-game event.
HM - Out-of-the-ordinary game action. Some judges though it was a moment too late.
Overall - Good category overall.

Feature Multiple
1st - Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent, Soldiers
2nd - Terry Mayer, The Week, Milk
3rd - Gregory Shaver, Journal Times

Comments:
1st - Unanimous. Good storytelling images, varied interesting and meaningful.
2nd - Simple fun story that was well-executed. Judges loved the jump photo. Why the type over the lead image?
3rd - Clean, simple interesting with good moments.
Overall - Strong category for the most part. Lots of images would have taken 1st place in other categories as singles.

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UPDATED July 13, 2006 - Judges comments from the Indianapolis Star photography staff have been added to the winners list.

June 30, 2006 - April clip contest winners judged by the Indianapolis Star have been returned. Here are the winners from this month:

Spot News
1st Al Hoch, Janesville Gazette
2nd Terry Mayer, The Week
3rd Steve Kinderman, Leader-Telegram

Comments:
This was the weakest group by far. Very hard to come up with three winners.

General News
1st Dan Lassiter, Janesville Gazette
2nd Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Journal Sentinel
3rd Mike De Sisti, Post-Crescent

Comments:
The winner was a very freaky photo but a must winner.

Feature Photo
1st Craig Schreiner, Wisconsin State Journal
2nd Mark Hoffman, Journal Sentinel
3rd Kevin Poirier, Kenosha News
HM Dan Powers, Post-Crescent
HM H. Marc Larson, Press-Gazette

Comments:
Lots of nice photos no real kick-butt ones. The winner rose to the top quickly.

Portrait/Personality
1st B.A. Rupert, Press-Gazette
2nd B.A. Rupert, Press-Gazette
3rd Dan Powers, Post-Crescent
HM Patrick Ferron, Press-Gazette
HM Dan Powers, Post-Crescent

Comments:
Too many photos of people crying. Simple photos of people won this one.

Sports
1st John Maniaci, Wisconsin State Journal
2nd Mark Hoffman, Journal Sentinel
3rd Dan Powers, Post-Crescent
HM Corey Wilson, Press-Gazette

Comments:
The winner was a nice jubbie from hockey. Second place winner was lucky to have a nice football run in April.

Feature Multiple
1st John Maniaci, Wisconsin State Journal
2nd Sharon Cekada, Post-Crescent
3rd John Maniaci, Wisconsin State Journal

Comments:
The winner was a nice look at something different and got good play. Second place had too many wide shots of subject’s back. Third place was a little fruity…ha ha.

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June 27, 2006 - Winning images from the March 2006 WNPA clip contest are now online.

View the MARCH 2006 CLIP CONTEST GALLERY

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Just another sign that our industry is in the midst of major changes.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/COLUMNISTS07/606250383/1002/OPINION

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June 23, 2006 - The 17th annual NPPA Women In Photojournalism Conference will be in St. Louis, MO, on September 15 through 17, and the conference co-chairs have issued a Call For Entries for the annual photography contest. The theme for this year’s competition is “Living In The Moment.”

“There are no categories, only your interpretation of the theme,” contest orgnaizers said. “The photographs can represent your definition of ‘Living In The Moment’ through people, place, action, events, or milestones.”

The deadline for entering is July 15, 2006.

The 7th annua l NPPA Women In Photojournalism Conference, sponsored by Nikon Inc. and Avid, will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in downtown St. Louis. Tahra Makinson-Sanders, director of photography for The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, CA, and Pat Holloway, of WDAF-TV in Independence, MO, are the conference co-chairs. Speakers for the conference and workshop leaders will be announced soon on the NPPA Web site and the conference’s Web page.

Photographers can enter the contest online via FTP submissions, or also by mailing in Macintosh-compatible CD-ROMs or ZIP discs.

Complete instructions on how to enter are in an advertisement in the February issue of News Photographer maggazine as well as on the conference’s Web site at . There is an entry fee per photograph: $8 per picture for students, $12 per picture for NPPA professional members, and $17 per picture for non-members.

For more information please contact Sanders at tmaksan @yahoo.com or Holloway at tvphotog @aol.com.

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June 21, 2006 - Thank you to all of those who are submitting their WNPA monthly clip contest results via FTP. It saves me a lot of time when organizing and formatting winning entries and seems way cooler than fiddling with e-mail account file attachments.

If you are reading this and are wondering what I am talking about, go to the clip contest menu and select the submit clip wins option. There are directions explaining how to submit via FTP and how easy it is.

For those of you who are unable to FTP, no big deal.

Thanks again,
Scott

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June 16, 2006 - Updated clip standings through March 2006 (back when it was cold outside). Mark Hoffman leads followed closely by Corey Wilson in a two-person race at the top of the standings. Everybody else: better get your game on.

Mark Hoffman Journal Sentinel 445

Corey Wilson Press Gazette 385

Dan Lassiter Janesville Gazette 215

Dan Powers Post-Crescent 155

Gregory Shaver Journal Times 135

Bruce Halmo Sheboygan Press 105

John Maniaci Wisconsin State Journal 105

Evan Siegle Press-Gazette 100

Marc Larson Press-Gazette 90

Tom Loucks Daily Tribune 85

William Glasheen Freelance 80

Kevin Poirier Kenosha News 65

Steve Kinderman Leader-Telegram 55

Ron Kuenstler Community Newspapers, Inc. 50

Sharon Cekada Post-Crescent 50

Mike De Vries Capital Times 50

Mike Roemer Freelance 40

Brad Rupert Press Gazette 40

Michelle Stocker Capital Times 40

Mike De Sisti Post-Crescent 40

Kirk Wagner Post-Crescent 30

Sam Castro Sheboygan Press 30

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June 15, 2006 - March 2006 clip winners are now available. Point standings will be updated later in the day.

General News.
1st. Mike DeVries
2nd. Mike DeSisti
3rd. Mark Hoffman
HM. Evan Siegle
HM. Corey Wilson

Spot News.
1st. Dan Lassiter
2nd. Greg Shaver
3rd. Dan Lassiter
HM. Kevin Poirier
HM. Greg Shaver

Sports.
1st. Corey Wilson
2nd. Mike Roemer
3rd. Mark Hoffman
HM. Corey Wilson

Feature.
1st. Corey Wilson
2nd. Tom Loucks
3rd. Tom Loucks
HM. Mark Hoffman
HM. Tom Loucks

Portrait.
1st. Dan Powers
2nd. Corey Wilson
3rd. Evan Siegle
HM. Corey Wilson
HM. Dan Powers

Feature Multiple.
1st. Mark Hoffman
2nd. Evan Siegle
3rd. Mark Hoffman
HM. Corey Wilson.

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June 9, 2006 - The 17th annual NPPA Women In Photojournalism Conference will be in St. Louis, MO, on September 15 through 17, and the conference co-chairs have issued a Call For Entries for the annual photography contest. The theme for this year’s competition is “Living In The Moment.”

“There are no categories, only your interpretation of the theme,” contest orgnaizers said. “The photographs can represent your definition of ‘Living In The Moment’ through people, place, action, events, or milestones.”

The deadline for entering is July 15, 2006.

The 7th annua l NPPA Women In Photojournalism Conference, sponsored by Nikon Inc. and Avid, will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in downtown St. Louis. Tahra Makinson-Sanders, director of photography for The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, CA, and Pat Holloway, of WDAF-TV in Independence, MO, are the conference co-chairs. Speakers for the conference and workshop leaders will be announced soon on the NPPA Web site and the conference’s Web page.

Photographers can enter the contest online via FTP submissions, or also by mailing in Macintosh-compatible CD-ROMs or ZIP discs.

Complete instructions on how to enter are in an advertisement in the February issue of News Photographer maggazine as well as on the conference’s Web site at . There is an entry fee per photograph: $8 per picture for students, $12 per picture for NPPA professional members, and $17 per picture for non-members.

For more information please contact Sanders at or Holloway at .

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June 8, 2006 - Journalists looking to sharpen their skills as multimedia reporters are encouraged to sign up for a multimedia workshop that will be held in Minneapolis in early August. It is a two-day conference hosted by the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, the Star-Tribune and NPPA Region 5.

What: Two days of discussion and hands-on learning focused on improving audio, video and Flash storytelling skills.

Who: Journalists charged with producing multimedia content for online news
publications. Whether you are a complete newbie, somewhat trained, or
pretty good and want to get better - this workshop will have something for you.

When: August 11-12, 2006

Where: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota School of Journalism

Why: If you don’t know that, you probably don’t need to come!

How: Mornings, we’ll talk about how to get things done. Topics include what we know about digital storytelling use and usability, online storytelling concepts, tools and training, working with your newsroom. Afternoons, there will be 3 hands-on learning tracks: Audio slide shows, video and Flash. Each participant can follow 2 of 3 tracks (one per afternoon).

Faculty: Joe Weiss - Raleigh News and Observer Online, Mindy McAdams - University of Florida, Nora Paul - University of Minnesota, Regina McCombs - StarTribune.com

Hosted by: University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Institute for New Media Studies and Minnesota Journalism Center, StarTribune.com, and NPPA Region 5

Cost: $90 including continental breakfast and lunch both days. (Optional third day, if there is enough interest, will be an additional $50.00)

Limited to the first 50 completed applications

If you’d like to join us in August, get your application in now.sign up at: www.multimediaproducers.org

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