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Here’s a link to the farewell story for The Capital Times and there transition to being a web only publication:
http://www.madison.com/tct/zzztest/282931
There is also a sidebar to photographers Hank Koshollek (WNPA Dumke award winner), Dave Sandell & Rick Rygh who took buyouts.
Posted by Guest Author as Webmaster's Column at 6:26 PM EDT
The Milwaukee Press Club announced winners of 78th annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism contest.
The Milwaukee Press Club today announced the winners of its 78th annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition, with the winners to be honored at the club’s April 26th Gridiron and awards banquet at the InterContinental Hotel Milwaukee.
View all of the winners (other categories, media) here.
Photojournalism Category PJ-1
Best Still Photograph
1st
Anne Baesemann
Feingold lead photo
Milwaukee Magazine
2nd
Craig Schreiner
Origami Rose
Wisconsin State Journal
Photojournalism Category PJ-3
Best Photo Essay or Series
1st
Craig Schreiner
A Death Well Planned
Wisconsin State Journal
Photojournalism Category PJ-4
Best News Photograph
1st
Mark Hertzberg
Fire Rescue
The Journal Times
Photojournalism Category PJ-5
Best Feature Photograph
1st
Dan Reiland
Amish Boat
Leader-Telegram
2nd
John Maniaci
Old Fashioned Fun
Wisconsin State Journal
Photojournalism Category PJ-6
Best Sports Action Photograph
1st
John Maniaci
Game Winning Score
Wisconsin State Journal
2nd
Best Sports Action Photograph
Corey Wilson
Helmet Removal Service
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Photojournalism: Best Still Photograph
1st Place
Christopher Guess
Virginia Tech vigil
The Daily Cardinal
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 9:05 AM EDT
Whoops! The WNPA site was down for most of Friday, April 18, 2008, after a web hosting account mix-up that involved switching the site from one web server to another. Problem solved.
In the next couple of months, a major redesign of WNPAonline will hit the web. The redesign will hope to streamline the way we present news, photos and photo galleries online, as well as clean up a number of time-consuming technical issues that will enable the webmaster to sleep more at night.
Posted by Administrator as Webmaster's Column at 2:29 PM EDT
Wisconsin State Journal photographer Steve Apps is the winner of the Dave Boss Award of Excellence for his entry in the 40th Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest. His photo, titled “First Down,” was deemed the Photograph of the Year for the 2007 NFL Season.
The color feature image captures Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre signaling for a first down while shrouded with snow in the third quarter of the Packers’ 42-20 NFC Divisional Playoff win over the Seattle Seahawks on January 12, 2008 at Lambeau Field.
The prestigious contest, sponsored by Canon, U.S.A., Inc., the official camera of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is open to professional photographers ordinarily on assignment to cover National Football League games. Photos taken during the 2007 NFL season, that included Super Bowl XLII and the 2008 Pro Bowl, were eligible.
Apps’ entry was the first place winner in the feature category while Donald Miralle, Jr. of Getty Images placed first in the action category. Miralle’s image titled “Hand Picked,” depicts San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie fully extended in mid-air while intercepting a Peyton Manning pass during a 23-31 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on November 11, 2007 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
Judging was conducted on April 4 by a panel of prominent photo editors and photographers. The judges included Mark Christian photo editor, Sporting News; Stella Kramer, Pulitzer Prize winning photo editor; John H. Reid, III, team photographer, Cleveland Browns; Brad Smith, sports picture editor, The New York Times; and Kevin Terrell, freelance photographer/photo editor.
Apps will be officially honored at the Enshrinees GameDay Roundtable, part of the 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, on August 3, 2008. The multi-day enshrinement celebration is highlighted by the induction of the Class of 2008, Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Art Monk, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman, on August 2, followed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game the next day. This year’s game showcases the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins.
Posted by Guest Author as WNPA Report at 10:09 AM EDT
Sen. John McCain made a stop on the campaign trail this week, making an appearance at South Milwaukee’s Bucyrus International, Inc. to tout his economic credentials during two hour-long discussion panels with business leaders.
The two-hour event turned into three with breaks, introductions and the like. Add another 45 minutes of media staging time and the result is a lot of media with some extra time on their hands.
Here are a few images from the presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign appearance.
Darren Hauck gets a better view of McCain by climbing onto the deck of a railroad car parked near the discussion table.
Andy Manis follows the action right behind McCain in the fray as the candidate meets with attendees following a portion of the panel discussion.
Jack Orton of the Journal Sentinel takes a long view of the McCain-led discussion through his telephoto lens.
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Member Pics at 5:31 PM EDT
On April 13, WNPAonline posted an article summarizing WIAA’s stance on photo reprint sales rights now that a similar situation in Illinois has been decided through the Illinois state senate.
Todd C. Clark, director of communications for the WIAA, read the article on WNPAonline and felt opinions expressed in a number of cited media works contained within the article were misleading or did not articulate WIAA’s position accurately.
I asked him if he was interested in preparing a statement that could straighten out any misleading information presented in the previous article as well as clearly spell out WIAA’s current stance as it pertains to state high school playoff events and photo reprint sales rights. Here is Communication Director Todd C. Clark’s response in his own words:
“Currently, the WIAA position is that photographs taken with the authoritative issuance of the media credential by news gathering outlets are strictly for editorial, non-commercial use only, except with written consent of the WIAA.
We choose not to deny photo credentials to newspapers or consider any other punitive action while we continue to have dialog. I know I respect the jobs and commitment photographers give to high school sports, and feel it would be more productive to continue dialog in the meantime. However, as we’ve stated, we reserve the right to our position as clearly indicated in our policies. We believe our policy is clearly stated about the commercial use of photos from the WIAA Tournament Series events. We would appreciate newspapers/photographers consideration in prescribing to ethics in working within these guidelines.”
(We are) hoping to provide a compromise with newspapers. I worked to get our official photographer to agree to allow newspapers the opportunity to sell State photos that actually appear in print and was working toward a similar type of limited sale for photos accompanying stories on the Website before we were, for a lack of a better term, “smeared” with editorials based on inaccurate assertions and misinformation.
The “without written consent of the WIAA” portion of the rule allows the opportunity for the WIAA to issue written consent for the sale of pre-State Tournaments (regionals and sectionals) with a licensure fee. The licensure fee is $100 for pre-State Tournaments (regional and sectional), which allows the licensee the opportunity to sell as many photos as they wish from regionals and sectionals.
Because our exclusive arrangement with VIP. Only VIP has the license to sell (or resell as the case may be) images from the State Tournaments.
The WIAA will host its annual Media Day, to be held July 17, 2008, Clark said various media rights issues as well as the current photo reprint sales rights issue are likely discussion topics. Clark is encouraging the WNPA to send its own representative to the annual media day. For more information, e-mail Todd C. Clark at tclark@wiaawi.org
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 6:32 PM EDT
By Scott Anderson
WNPAonline
On April 1, the Illinois State Senate passed a bill preventing the Illinois High School Association from barring photographers from the sidelines of sporting events even if the newspapers they work for make their photos available for sale to the public. See Related Article
While this issue in Illinois has been getting considerable attention over the past several weeks, an ongoing and similar dispute exists here in Wisconsin. See Related Article
In Wisconsin’s dispute, area newspapers have been sparring with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association over the rights to sell photo reprints taken at high school sporting events. Last year, the WIAA wanted to ensure their two contract agencies, Visual Image Photography Inc., and When We Were Young Productions, didn’t have any competition from area newspapers. Newspapers, however, said they have always been able to sell reprints, and are upset over the WIAA’s efforts to restrict photographers on the sidelines.
Fast forward to 2008, and a News Media and Law article that takes an in-depth look at the growing trend of friction between the news media and state-based athletics associations over photo reprint dollars.
Wisconsin’s situation is highlighted later in the article when the author interviewed Mickey Osterreicher, the General Counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, in which he says the WIAA is now selectively enforcing photographer restrictions.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
In Wisconsin, Osterreicher said, the athletic association entered into a similar contract with a private photography company, but said to his knowledge, it is not being strictly enforced. “I think for the most part it’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’”
Rob Hernandez of the Wisconsin State Journal’s comments in the article add more ambiguity to the WIAA’s stance:
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association presented its policy during the 2006-2007 school year, said Rob Hernandez, the Wisconsin State Journal’s assistant sports editor for high school athletics. As a member of WIAA’s media advisory committee, Hernandez said he was surprised it was not brought to the committee.
But, he said, “WIAA said it will not pursue legal action for newspapers in violation of the agreement right now, but if someone in another state successfully argues the rule, that may change their stance.”
As loosely-defined as these interpretations may be, they represent a marked change in the WIAA’s behavior since this NPPA article, published in March 2007, in which the WIAA wanted to charge newspapers a $100 licensing fee to cover state high school tournament events and the ability to sell photo reprints.
If you or anyone you know who is a professional photojournalist who feels they have been confronted unfairly by the WIAA, the Wisconsin News Photographer Association would like to know. Please send any commentary to the webmaster at scander03@yahoo.com
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 12:12 AM EDT
The Journal Sentinel won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize for an investigative story documenting a Milwaukee County pension scandal that cost local taxpayers nearly $50 million and uncovered a culture of corruption and cronyism present in County Government.
Reporter Dave Umhoefer received the award for local reporting. This is the sixth Pulitzer Prize overall in the newspaper company’s long history. The Milwaukee Journal was awarded five Pulitzers dating back to 1919.
Sherman Williams, Assistant Managing Editor - Photography for the Journal Sentinel, had this to say about the many newsroom personnel who helped make Umhoefer’s story a success:
“I think the Pulitzer is an honor that reflects our commitment to quality and covering our community at the highest level. I feel it’s an award that recognizes the staff. Many people in the newsroom contributed to the report. Several photographers, graphics artists and designers worked on parts of it and helped create an entry that was worthy of the award.”
Congratulations to the JS staff from WNPAonline!
Here is the announcement on JSonline
Read the Pulitzer Prize-winning story
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 3:20 PM EDT
If you are an experienced photographer with a curious nature and a good eye for news, we have a job for you. Our Wisconsin newspaper, the Daily Reporter, published daily Monday through Friday, offers statewide construction, business and legislative coverage.
The Daily Reporter needs photographers from every corner of the state to take assignments on a freelance basis under a daily deadline crunch. Qualified candidates will have a car, willingness to travel on relatively short notice, the ability to gather accurate and in-depth cutline information and experience in news photography.
Each assignment pays $65. Interested candidates should send a resume and photo clips to chris.thompson@dailyreporter.com or to the attention of Chris Thompson, The Daily Reporter, 225 E. Michigan St., Suite 540, Milwaukee, 53202.
Posted by Administrator as Job Watch at 12:39 PM EDT
Winning images from the February 2008 WNPA monthly clip contest are now online! Congratulations to all who won, and thank you to all who entered this month. Visit Gallery
1st Place - Multiple - Amber Swenor goofs off while checking for “volume” in her hair on Saturday prior to the start of the Miss Green Bay Area pageant at Bay Port High School in Suamico. (Corey Wilson, Green Bay Press Gazette)
Posted by Administrator as Clip Contest Update at 4:15 PM EDT