Atlanta Photoj Seminar & Contest Info

39th Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Early Registration & Contest Opens

The 39^th Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar will be held Friday & Saturday December 2-3, 2011 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel.  The annual seminar – which draws attendees from the U.S. and Canada – features Friday workshops, our Saturday speaker series, our print auction, a Saturday trade show and a photojournalism print and multimedia contest. Each evening, we’ll hold portfolio reviews where you’ll interact with our speakers, workshop leaders and peers.

First – about our contest. This year, we’ve made entering our photojournalism contest easier for you and eliminating that last minute dash to FedEx. Now all entries will be submitted via our FTP server through our partnership with our friends at US Presswire. Contest rules and information may be found at  http://www.photojournalism.org/contest/rules

Early registration opens today. We’re already the best value in pj education and networking, but early registration will save you even more! Find out more at   http://www.photojournalism.org/registration

Our Friday, December 2nd workshops are being finalized now.  Here’s a partial list of confirmed workshops…

Rich Addicks / “Producing DSLR Video Projects”

Deb Pang Davis / Cococella / “Branding Strategies & Marketing Yourself“

Tom Kennedy / ASMP, Nat. Geo., Wash. Post, Newhouse Faculty / “Understanding the Changing Media Landscape“

- Additional workshops will be announced on Monday October 17th -

Here’s this year’s all-star lineup of our Saturday, December 3rd featured speakers…

David Burnett / Contact Press Images

 Mary F. Calvert / ZUMAPress

 Barbara Davidson / The Los Angeles Times

 Mike Davis  /  Nat. Geo., Oregonian, White House, Picture Editor At Large

 Julie Jacobson / The Associated Press

 Greg Kahn / The Naples (FL) Daily News

We have a new hotel! This year we’ve moved to The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel where we’ve held the line on room rates to just $87 per night (plus tax). This is an extraordinary value and the offer is limited to the first 100 rooms – so make your reservations now at  http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/photojournalismseminar

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Great success story & a wonderful video!

WPOW : Women Photojournalists of Washington launched a mentorship program this year for two members to team up to learn new skills. You could be one year in to the biz and be teamed with a veteran who wants to learn something new or vice versa. This week a great success story comes from mentorship partners Molly Roberts and Danielle Williams, who have been working on their multimedia skills together.

A senior photo editor Molly Roberts created a multimedia presentation for Smithsonian Magazine. The project focuses on photographer David Burnett and his experience covering the tourists who watched the launch of Apollo 11. The audio and still show is just entracing and a great slice of American History that will be held to a microscope for a long time thanks to this amazing piece. Great job and congrats!!!

Check it out here:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/preroll/39500257.html

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