Date: 1-1:15 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday, March 24-28, 2008. Each day's conversation will be archived and available for replay viewing.
Cost: Free
What will I learn? Join us for a daily conversation about what the judges for the National Press Photographers Association Best of Still Photography and Web Sites contest are seeing.
We'll discuss:
- Trends from the 2008 contest entries
- Ethical issues that arise in this year's entries
- How multimedia storytelling is affecting photojournalism
We'll archive each day's conversation, so you can access the replay at your convenience. By the end of the week, you'll have a collection of interviews you can use as training sessions for yourself, for your staff and for your classroom.
About the Conversation crew: Poynter's Kenny Irby will
conduct interviews every day with judges from the NPPA Best of Photojournalism
2008 contest in Still Photography and Web Sites. Irby is Poynter's Visual Journalism
Group Leader and Director of Diversity. Irby teaches and consults in the areas
of photojournalism, leadership, ethics and diversity not just at The Poynter
Institute, but also in many national and international workshops and organizations.
He'll be joined in the studio by nationally known photojournalists and editors
who are judging this year's contest.
About Poynter/NewsU Conversations: Join us in our Webcast studio as Poynter faculty and other veteran journalists discuss issues about the craft and values of the profession.
Technical requirements: To join this Conversation, you must have:
- A reliable Internet connection, a minimum of 600kbps
- Flash plug-in, version 8.0 or higher
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- A computer monitor with 1024 resolution or higher
- Built-in computer speakers or headphones
- For PC attendees: Windows® XP (Home or Pro), Vista, 2000, 2003 Server
- For Mac attendees: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer
Please go to www.newsu.org/WebinarTest to
test your settings for accessing the live event.
Questions? Contact us at webinars@newsu.org.