Tom Loucks of the Daily Tribune created his latest audio slideshow of a blacksmith.

View Tom’s work here:

Tracey Rice Soundslides

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Hello Friends,

The clips have returned marking our finest efforts in the eleventh month of the year 2007. The November clips were judged by our friends
on the photo staff at the Wichita Eagle in Wichita, Kansas. Hail to the victors.

SPOT NEWS

1. Dan Lassiter–The Janesville Gazette=Ray Cardona comforts his sister at fire.
2. H. Marc Larson–Green Bay Press Gazette=Sheriff’s deputies shield Matthew Ellis after standoff.
3. Mark Hoffman–The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel=Double fatality on I-43 in Grafton.

PORTRAIT

1. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=Oconto Falls’ Brynn Larsen
2. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=Oconto Falls’ BNate Stymiest
3. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=Green Bay Notre Dame’s Maureen Liddy
HM. John Maniaci-Wisconsin State Journal=Ohio State Football Fan
HM. Dan Powers-Appleton Post-Crescent=Neenah Rocket Kelsie Rankin

FEATURE

1. Kristyna Wentz-Graff-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel=Twins Isabela and Ashleigh in car
2. Brian Passino-Kenosha News=Brilliant Sunset, tree silhouette
3. Dan Lassiter–The Janesville Gazette=Pigeons perch on pair of lightpoles.

MULTIPLE

1. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=The Janel DeGrave Family
2. Al Hoch–The Janesville Gazette=Four Arrested After Bank Robbery
3. Tom Loucks–The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune=Sgt. 1st Class Crowley Returns

GENERAL NEWS

1. Mike DeVries–The Capital Times (Madison)=Mourning Sgt. Joshua C. Brennan
2. Brian Passino-Kenosha News=Alyssa Piccolo donates blood
3. Kristyna Wentz-Graff-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel=Bruce Springsteen Ticket Line
HM. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=Funeral of Louis Griese at Algoma High School
HM. Evan Siegle–Green Bay Press Gazette=Stephanie Griese at Evergreen Cemetery

SPORTS

1. H. Marc Larson–Green Bay Press Gazette=Tod Kowalczyk pounds the floor
2. Mark Hoffman–The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel=Ruvell Martin Lambeau Leap
3. Michelle Stocker–The Capital Times (Madison)=Rae Lin D’Alie V. Dominique Sisk
HM. Dan Powers-Appleton Post-Crescent=D. Drive 44-yard TD V. Chiefs Law & Pollard
HM. Dan Powers-Appleton Post-Crescent=Ryan Grant tackled (all horizontal) by Chad Greenway

Way to go people. Keep up the good work and please send January clips to our new clip chair.
December results will be here in about 10 days and we will wrap this up. As always, please send
us your winners
Important things you should know before sending in your winner:

Make sure the file is a JPEG
72 dpi resolution
1000 px maximum dimension
Make sure caption information is present in file info or in the body of an e-mail
Make sure captions are written in complete sentences and checked for spelling/grammar/punctuation errors, captions are posted as-is
Submitting Via E-Mail:

WNPA Clip Contest Winning Images Only may be sent to the WNPA website administrator for posting in the monthly clip contest winners gallery also embedded in an e-mail. Send e-mails to:

scander03@yahoo.com

Submitting Via FTP:

WNPA Clip Contest Winning Images Only may be sent to the WNPA website administrator for posting in the monthly clip contest winners gallery via FTP as of April 2006. If you have a File Transfer Protocol, or, FTP, program such as Fetch, WS_FTP or Transmit, you can enter in a few login protocols and drag your winning files right onto the WNPA web server without messing with e-mail or file attachments. Here are the login protocols:

Please note login changes
Host: www.wnpaonline.com
Username: clips
Password: 07WNPAclips

J. Maniaci

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The entry form for the 2007 WNPA Photographer of the Year competition is now online, you can download it here.

Download the POY Entry Form (PDF 3K)

The POY Entry Form is the form you need to fill out in order to enter the contest. Download and print the one-page entry form out. Fill it out and follow the mailing and payment instructions on the form.

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Attention WNPA members: Your guide to entering this year’s WNPA Photographer of the Year competition is now online. Both forms are available as downloadable .PDF documents that you can either review on the computer or print out. Here are the two forms available to date:
Download the FTP Upload Instructions (PDF 11K)

If you plan on uploading your contest entry images via FTP, this document will explain how to submit your images, including FTP login requirements and other organizational tips.
Download POY contest rules and guide to submitting images (PDF 168K)

This is the comprehensive guide to entering this year’s contest. This document explains how to format, caption and organize your images, and explains all rules associated with entering the contest.

For more information on Convention dates and conventions for planning your travel or vacation time, please visit the WNPA Calendar

Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report, 2008 Convention at 12:35 PM EST

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Pictures of the Year International is pleased to invite you to enter the 65th annual photojournalism competition — the world’s oldest and one of the most prestigious.

The POYi online registration and entry process is now open at www.poyi.org. A complete “Call for Entries” is posted on our Web site that provides details of the contest categories and guidelines.

This year we have provided a summary of the categories in both Spanish and Chinese languages. Also the “File Naming and Uploading Guide” provides step-by-step specifics on how to enter.

The mission of Pictures of the Year International is to recognize excellence in documentary photography and photojournalism, within both still and motion formats.

When you enter POYi, your work becomes a part of visual history. Now in its 65th year, POYi is important because it is a living and a valuable archive. More than 39,000 photographs have been selected as the best pictures from each year, 1943 to now.

You are invited to submit your entire entry through an efficient online process — from preparation, to registration, to uploading all your images, including entry fee payment. Once you are at our Web site at www.poyi.org, simply click the highlighted “Entry Site” link located at the top of our Home page.

The deadline for entries to be received online is Friday, January 18. If you have questions or need clarification, please email us at info@poyi.org. Welcome to Pictures of the Year International and we look forward to your participation. Rick Shaw, POYi Director

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The deadline for submitting images to the Joseph Costa Award for Courtroom Photography is January 15, 2008 (postmarked).

The Costa Award seeks to honor the photographer whose courtroom coverage is judged to best demonstrate the use of still photography in what is a highly sensitive and increasingly controversial reporting situation.

No entry form is required.  Entries must have been published in a newspaper or magazine during the 2007 calendar year. Entries should consist of a clipping of the published work and optionally a print or prints no larger than 8″ x 10″. If clippings only are submitted, the winner will be asked to furnish high-resolution digital file and a print for display at Ball State University.

Each entry must also include a letter signed by the photographer or a representative of the publication that describes the circumstances of the photograph(s), the publication name, the date of publication, the photographer’s name, address and telephone number. Multiple-image entries are permitted.

Joseph Costa, former lecturer in photojournalism at Ball State University and a founder of NPPA, was in the forefront of the effort to have cameras in the courtroom after the struggle intensified in the 1930s. Prior to his service as a teacher, Costa was active as a newspaper photographer or photography supervisor for the New York Morning News, the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror.

Since many states have responded to the efforts of Costa and others by allowing courtroom photography, Ball State University uses this award to acknowledge both the long and outstanding efforts of Joseph Costa and the exceptional work being carried out by today’s courtroom photographers.

All entries should be sent to:

Ken Heinen
Joseph Costa Award for Courtroom Photography
Department of Journalism – AJ300
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Telephone: 765-285-8217
Fax: 765-285-7997
kenheinen@bsu.edu
Deadline: Postmarked by January 15, 2008.

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Dear Friends,

After gathering your clips for nearly two years I am passing on the rumpled manila envelopes to the WNPA’s newest volunteer.
Please thank Cory Dellenbach at the Shawano Leader for taking on this task. I was a little underwhelmed by the response (one) to this job opening
so I’d like to thank Cory for sacking up and going to work for all of us. Starting with the January 2008 clips, please send them to

Cory Dellenbach
WNPA Clip Chairman
Shawano Leader
1464 E. Green Bay Street
Shawano, Wisconsin 54166

Thanks again to the many volunteers who work over and above their busy work and family schedules to make the WNPA what it is.
Volunteers make this thing work, so thank you.

John Maniaci

Posted by jmaniaci as Webmaster's Column, President's Column, Clip Contest Update at 3:39 PM EST

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I am re-posting this thread because the topic is generating some new discussion. I am also including an update:

My opinion is that we begin with introducing video/multimedia as part of our clip contest judging.  Here is my proposal:

Proposal for adding multimedia/video to the WNPA monthly clip contest
by Scott Anderson
January 3,2008

what: WNPA Quarterly Video/Multimedia contest

starting date: Q2 - 2008

breakdown: adding two categories to the contest. (one for video, one for non-video multimedia including audio slideshows, flash presentations, etc.)

entry rules: one submission per category per quarter, must be published online on a news media website or third-party media host.

points: same points rewards as current contest

submission guidelines: each contestant will be able to download a PDF form on WNPAONLINE that they can submit in the same envelope as their newspaper clippings. on the form, it will include the following information to fill out: 1) category 2) date published 3) contestant name 4) URL 5) news media organization/affiliation.
the WNPA member submitting the work, at a minimum, should be the person responsible for generating the footage/audio/images present in the submission.
If a contestant-submitted URL is non-functional or does not directly link to the submitted work, it automatically disqualifies that specific entry.

clip contest chair responsibilities: take the forms submitted to him/her, bundle them according to quarter and category, forward to judges for review. retrieve results and generate point totals

webmaster responsibilities: present the winners online by creating a set of links to be posted on the winners list on blog.wnpaonline.com.

philosophy: I believe this is something that can easily be done in order to keep WNPA in line with what other local/state/national media associations are doing. I want to help keep WNPA in touch with what’s going on in our field and, more importantly, help our members gain recognition for their work.
This is something that can be installed with the new clip contest chair when they assume the responsibility. We can promote the contest changes on the web site and provide easy explanations for how to participate.

why not multimedia for POY?: I believe WNPA has a long way to go before the organization can fully award merit for multimedia/video work. Significant philosophical changes would need to be made to the annual contest in the way it is formatted, arranged and awarded in order to embrace multimedia/video work. Adding a quarterly contest to our clip contest, I believe,  is an efficient way to begin awarding merit to WNPA members for their work.

what is the next step: I would like to work with either the existing or incoming clip contest chair to make this work. I would also like to see general approval from the WNPA board that this is a direction we need to go.

Original Post: October 24, 2007 - Over the last year or two, multimedia and video storytelling at newspapers has increased, and many of the people creating the projects are photojournalists who are members of WNPA.

As things continue to change for photojournalists, it is becoming clear to many that a contest might be needed to showcase this new work being produced by members of WNPA.

A number of unpaid volunteers from WNPA are trying to find a way to make this work: incorporating multimedia and/or video into our existing contest architecture.

The answer is simple: Find a way to reward suprior and exemplary work.
The questions are many:

1) Should there be a monthly or quarterly video/multimedia contest added on to the clip contest? or perhaps as an addendum to the annual POY contest.
2) Should point awards from a new video/multimedia contest be counted similarly or differently than points from existing still photography contests?
3) Judging video/multimedia can be time consuming. Should there be submission limits per member?
4) How would we present it to judges? Video could be hosted on WNPA’s Brightcove channel, and multimedia could be accessible via URL, but are those our best options?

Keep in mind, these types of discussions are going on right now, and address the question of “how we do this” rather than “should it be done“.

WNPA needs your help, your input and your ideas.

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Hello everyone,
Well, as you know, it’s approaching that time of the year again. Our annual convention will be here before you know it! Like last year, I am looking for some feedback for door prizes. I have already contacted the following companies…

Lumiquest, Aquatech, Think Tank Photo, Kinesis Photo Gear, Lowe Pro, Lexar, Sandisk, Soundslides, Dynalite, Lightware, Lens Babies, Timbuk 2, Adobe, Sportsshooter.com and Robert’s Distributors…

So…got any ideas? And if you happen to have any contact names to give me that would be great. Our past sponsors have been fantastic and I look forward to working with them again, but it would be fun to add others to the mix. It’s good for us and them.
So far our first confirmed donor is The Post-Crescent which is going to donate another camera for the convention. Last year it was a Leica point and shoot camera. This year it is a Canon HV20 HD camcorder. I’m pretty sure Milwaukee will help us out as usual. So, for everybody else, please contact me if you think your paper would like to participate too! Thanks guys…Dan.

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The first ten months of the monthly contests are in the books. November and December are out there. Will they be enough to change the top of the leaderboard? We’ll see.

John Maniaci, WSJ 835
Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Journal Sentinel 705
Dan Lassiter, Janesville Gazette 650
Dan Powers, Post-Crescent 555
Corey Wilson, Press Gazette 470
Dan Reiland, Leader-Telegram 460
Evan Siegle, Press-Gazette 455
Al Hoch, Janesville Gazette 415
Terry Mayer, The Week 400
Mark Hoffman, Journal Sentinel 375
Gregory Shaver, Journal Times 325
Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times 320
Tom Loucks, Daily Telegram 285
Andi Stempniak, Leader-Telegram 240
Steve Kinderman, Leader-Telegram 225
H. Marc Larson, Press Gazette 205
Kevin Poirier, Kenosha News 195
Jaslyn Gilbert, Herald Times Reporter 180
Eric Young, Herald Times Reporter 170
Michelle Stocker, Capital Times 160
Susan Pichke, Herald Times Reporter 160
Patrick Ferron, Post-Crescent 90
Jack Orton, Journal Sentinel 80
Doug Alft–Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 60
Corey Dellenbach - The Shawano Leader 50
Sharon Cekada Post Crescent 50
Gary Klein, Sheboygan Press 40
Brian Passino, Kenosha News 30
Dan Plutchak, The Week 15

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