Media will have the opportunity to cover more than 200 U.S. Army recruits battle testing their physical endurance and mental wits against each other while building esprit de corps in buddy teams before reporting to Basic Combat Training this summer.

The day’s attractions are scheduled to feature multiple opportunities for strong visuals of the Future Soldiers, including six round-robin competitions:  pushups, sit ups, grenade toss (water balloons), relay race, pull ups and finally, a round of Sgt. Says, the U.S. Army’s version of Simon Says, where the last Future Soldier to have correctly completed all facing movements stands to win the title.  A team tug-of-war will round out the day. 

Featured tactical exhibits include a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Drum, N.Y., troop and cargo-carrying vehicles from the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Army’s New York National Guard, inflatable sports games, interactive kiosks and U.S. Army educational and career exhibits.  Stationary exhibits are scheduled to be prepositioned on Taylor Field, which boasts a modest, green landscape with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge towering in the background.  News media requiring either visually-appealing photos or space to conduct stand ups are encouraged to take advantage of the landscape for their newsgathering purposes.

During lunch, media can participate in the cooking demonstration where a noncommissioned officer will teach the Future Soldiers how the U.S. Army leverages science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during meal times. 

Finally, media are also welcome to hop aboard an Army-chartered bus for a two-hour tour of the U.S. Army Future Soldier Resource Center in the Fort Hamilton Fitness Center, the post exchange, commissary and military housing.  The presence of the parents of U.S. Army Future Soldiers on these tours will present a unique interview opportunity for news media as well.

Media interested in attending are required to RSVP no later than 3 p.m., May 11, 2012.  U.S. Army personnel will consolidate special interview requests and provide attending news media with link up times & locations.

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Cordially invites you to the 77th Annual Awards Dinner Dance

SUNDAY, June 3, 2012

Gravy

32 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010

Cocktail Reception 6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm to 10:00 pm

Black Tie Optional

$100 per Person or $150 per Couple

and

$110 a Person or $160 per Couple when booked online with PAYPAL

RSVP by May 25th, 2012 at rsvp@nyppa.org or 212-889-6633

Singles ticket $100 + $10 handling fee

Couples ticket $150 + $10 handling fee

Photo by Jake Price

Seenunseen invites you to:

Dispatch from Tohoku: Documenting the Aftermath

Stories from the Tsunami One Year On

March 11th at the Bubble Lounge - 228 West Broadway, New York City - Doors open at 6pm.

Photographer Jake Price spent four months in Tohoku in northeastern Japan, documenting the lives of the residents who were displaced by the great tsunami of 2011. This Sunday, a slideshow featuring his work and his colleagues will be shown at the Bubble Lounge.

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NYPPA sponsor, Jeff Rhode, formerly of the Star-Ledger, was given the Award of Excellence for his work on A Thousand More that chronicles one family’s determination to give their son, who is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophe, a whole and vital life. Earlier in the year this video won first place at the national contest Fotoweek DC for multimedia.

Congratulations to both Villa and Rhode for their recognition.

The Winning entries of the MULTIMEDIA Contest are posted below

Spot News-Sponsored by Daily News

The award winning images in the Spot News category  in no particular order:

Julio Cortez-AP "DSK ARREST"

Todd Maisel-Daily News "Hands Raised High"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Photographing Crime Scene"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Relative Dragged"

Norman Y. Lono-Contract Photographer-For the Daily News "Whyyy???"

Peter J. Smith-The Wall Street Journal  "Up in Smoke"

James Messerschmidt-New York Post "Untitled" 

Joe Marino- Freelance Daily News  "Bloody Thanksgiving"

Saed Hindash-Star-Ledger  "Indoor Parking"

Debbie Egan-Chin-Daily News "Bewildered"

General News-Sponsored by AP

The award winning images in the General News category  in no particular order:

Jefferson Siegel- Freelance-Daily News "Kenneth Minor Murder Sentencing"

Michael Appleton-Freelance "Osama Bin-Laden is Dead"

Richard Drew-AP "It takes a worried Man"

Todd Maisel-Daily News "Which way should he go"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "A Community Mourns"

David Handschuh-Daily News "Gay Marriage"

Thomas A. Ferrara-Newsday "Waterfront Property"

Justin Lane-European Pressphoto Agency- "A Fathers Grief"

James Keivom-Daily News "Wake for Choking Victim"

Debbie Egan-Chin-Daily News "Cop Shot"

Editorial Illustration-Sponsored by Imagenomic

The award winning images in the Editorial Illustration category in no particular order:

Allan Tannenbaum-Polaris Images "Red Mermaid"

Chad Rachman-NY Post "WTC Footprint"

Allan Tannenbaum-Polaris Images "Mermaid Parade Red Hot Rod"

Allan Tannenbaum-Polaris Images "9/11 Memorial and WTC 1 Under Construction"

Pat Carroll-Daily News "Jewel in The Crown"

Charles Wenzelberg-New York Post 'Mo's Motion"

Allan Tannenbaum-Polaris Images "WTC 2 Construction Workers"

Occupy Wall Street -Sponsored by PhotoShelter 

The award winning images in the Occupy Wall Street category in no particular order:

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Untitled"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Craig Ruttle-Freelance "Hail to the Chief"

David Goldman-AP "Occupy Tree"

Rob Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Untittled"

Bryan Smith- Freelance-Daily News "Arrest of Activist Brandon Watts"

Mike Segar-Reuters "Occupy Arrest"

John Minchillo-Freelance "The Scrum"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Rob Bennett-Independent Wall Street Journal "Untitled"

Animal-Sponsored by WorldWide Media Group

The award winning images in the Animal category in no particular order:

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Untitled" 

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Untitled" 

Robert Sabo-Daily News "WESTMINSTER"

Justin Lane-EuropeanPressPhoto Agency "Dog Show"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

David Goldman-Ap "Preacher"

Craig Ruttle- Freelance "Urban Legend"

Todd Maisel-Daily News "Stuffed Hot Dog"

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Untitled" 

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Untitled" 

International/National News-Sponsored by EPA

The award winning images in the International/National category in no particular order:

Hiroko Masuike-Freelance-NY Times "A Ship on the Roof"

Michael Appleton-Freelance "Untitled"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Justin Lane-EuropeanPressPhoto Agency "Tornado Damaged Church"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Home"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Stan Honda-Agence France-Presse "Final Landing"

David Goldman-AP "Rotorwash"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Deserted Desert"

Face of New York-Sponsored by ThinkTank Photo

The award winning images in the Face of New York category in no particular order:

Philip Montgomery -Freelance "Summer Cool Off South 2nd"

Jeanne Noonan-Freelance-Daily News "Labor Union United"

Shannon Stapleton-Reuters "Heat Wave"

Mario Tama- Getty Images "Gay Marriage Finally"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "NYC Prepares for 10th Anniversary of September Attacks"

Todd Maisel-Daily News "Yo Mama Can't Leave"

Bruce Cotler-Freelance "Patriotic"

David Handschuh-Daily News "Rabbis"

Mike Segar-Reuters "I Love a Parade"

Anthony Delmundo-Freelance-Daily News "Neighborhood Spectacle"

News Picture Story-Sponsored by Photo Shelter

The award winning images in the News Picture Story category in no particular order:

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "A week in the killing cycle"

Todd Maisel-Daily News "Dog Day Afternoon"

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Hurricane Irene"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Joplin Tornado"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Final Convoy"

David Handschuh-Daily News "Same Sex Marriage"

Jefferson Siegel-Freelance-Daily News "Occupy Wall Street erupts onto World Stage"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Tony Kurdzuk-Star-Ledger "Death of a Station"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Feature-Sponsored by The Star-Ledger

The award winning images in the Feature category in no particular order:

Mike Segar-Reuters "Rider in the Storm"

Kristen Luce-Freelance-NY Times "La Matadora"

Alejandra Villa-Newsday "A Mothers Love"

Jennifer Brown-Star-Ledger "Remembrance Room"

Susan Stava-Freelance-NY Times "Memorial Day" 

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Water to the Face"

David Goldman-AP "Drum Solo"

Jennifer Brown-Star-Ledger "Flight 93"

Saed Hindash-Star-Ledger "Never Forget"

Hiroko Masuike-Freelance NY Times "Off the Runway" 

Pictorial-Sponsored by Dane-Elec

The award winning images in the Pictorial category in no particular order:

David Goldman-AP "Onion Farms"

Bryan Derballa-Wall Street Journal "Story Collider"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Mississippi Rising"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Heatwave Handstand"

Andrew Burton-Freelance "Untitled"

Debbie Egan-Chin-Daily News "Hurricane"

David Goldman-AP "Firing Mission"

Craig Ruttle-Freelance "Lines of Communication"

Uli Seit-NY Times "April Shower in NYC"

Robert Bennett-Independent Wall Street Journal "Untitle"

Portrait-Sponsored by Tiffen

The award winning images in the Portrait category in no particular order:

Anthony Delmundo-Freelance-Daily News "The Visual Artist"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Tent City Children"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "99 and Still Painting"

Alejandra Villa-Newsday "Marisa"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Chowkri"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Crab Fishing"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Muhammed"

Thomas A. Ferrara-Newsday The Musician"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Freedom"

Chris Ware-Newsday "Mothers Loss a 9/11 Story"

Feature Picture Story- ADORAMA

The award winning images in the Feature Picture Story category in no particular order:

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "9/11 Then and Now"

Debbie Egan-Chin-Daily News "Same Sex Marriage"

Alejandra Villa-Newsday "A little girls fight to live"

Bryan Derballa-Wall Street Journal "Half here:Life Along the Amazon River"

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Inge The Prize Poodle"

Robert Bennett-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Dressed to Sell"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "9-11 Ten Years On: The Regeneration of Ground Zero"

Hiroko Masuike-Freelance-NY Times "Remaining where he belongs"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Sex Workers of Faridpur1"

Allison Joyce-Freelance "Life and Death in the Sundarbans 2"

Sports Action-Sponsored by Nikon

The award winning images in the Sports Action category in no particular order:

Bill Kostroun-Freelance "Raked"

Robert Sabo-Daily News "CRUNCH IS CALLING"

Chris Faytok-Star-Ledger "Sandy"

Julio Cortez-AP "Defender Save"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Calgary Stampede"

John Angelillo-UPI "Power Serve"

Charles Wenzelberg-NY Post "Hit Hard"

Tony Kurdzuk-Star-Ledger "Look out Below!"

Al Bello-Getty Images "Chasing His Shadow"

Bill Kostroun-Freelance "Nose to Nose"

Sports Feature Sponsored by Getty Images

The award winning images in the Sports Feature category in no particular order:

David Handschuh-Daily News "World Pond Hockey Championship"

David Goldman-AP "Flying Bat"

Chris Faytok-Star-Ledger "Champ"

Ray Stubblebine-Reuters "The Captain"

Saed Hindash-Star-Ledger "Pile on"

Robert Sabo-Daily News "HOME RUN BALL"

Noah Murray-Star-Ledger "Greeting at Home"

Hiroko Masuike-Freelance-NY Tiomes "Winning the World Cup"

Ray Stubblebine-Reuters "Bat Basher"

Al Bello-Getty Images  "Knocked Out"

Sports Picture Story-Sponsored by Black Rapid

The award winning images in the Sports Picture Story category in no particular order:

Al Bello-Getty Images "Umpire Academy"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Demolition Derby"

Aristide Economopoulos-Star-Ledger "Worlds Toughest Mudder"

David Goldman-AP "Spring Training Baseball"

Ray Stubblebine-Reuters "3000th Hit"

Robert Sabo-Daily News "GIRLS WRESTLING"

Alejandra Villa-Newsday "Fan Love"

Mario Tama-Getty Images "Talladega Speedway"

Daniela Zalcman-Independent-Wall Street Journal "Hanoi Capitals 2"

Andrew Theodorakis-Daily News "UFC in New Jersey"

Multimedia-Short Form-Sponsored by Rode Microphones

The award winning multimedia in the Multimedia Short Form category:

Multimedia-Long Form-Sponsored by Rode Microphones

Top videos stood with strong storytelling, cinematic style, and editing. Each photographer had a clear vision going into the making of the video and it showed through the concise editing and strong visuals. 

To help create a better narrative strong characters are essential. Clear audio, different perspectives and paying attention to details like points of view, the length of the video, and cutting out repetition can also strengthen the narrative.

1st Place Entrant #45- Children of the Fallen-David Goldman Associated Press: http://vimeo.com/34938608

Very powerful storytelling! Good choice of music and beautiful visuals. Edited really nicely -- the pacing, sequencing were fantastic. 

A great cinematic style and the choice of reporting on this issue is something that is not often looked at or covered in newspapers.

2nd Place  #121-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 10 Years later-Julia Xanthos Daily News- http://vimeo.com/28752591

By its nature this story was not visual but this photographer made it very interesting with their storytelling. 

Right from the start the strong opening was a sign of building up the small community in this church. From the sights and sounds of the Greek Orthodox religion we were pulled into a special place that suffered during 9/11.

The interviews between the subjects flowed well and for something that happened in the past this video made it current with attention to details from items pulled from the church, used in a symbolic way to paying attention and actively listening to what people were saying. 

3rd Place #47-Camping out with NASCAR fans at Talladega-David Goldman Associated Press http://vimeo.com/32477679

A really nice style to this video gave us great racecar culture and made it entertaining to watch. 

Visually it held our attention throughout the piece. This photographer was smart in comparing racecar fans to cars -- giving us humor in many different ways. The opening scene of fans coming out of their tents and cutting to NASCAR cars coming out of their garages is a great example.

The choice of music was perfect and helped move the piece along. For a viewer not familiar with NASCAR culture this video gives them a great look and feel to what it can be like. 

HM  #39-Young Matthew Whitaker demonstrates his musical gifts-John Munson-The Star-Ledger http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2011/03/young_matthew_whitaker_demonst.html

Interesting story, well told. It could have benefited from a more visual variety throughout the piece.

HM#357 New York Mets Spring Training-Alejandra Villa-Newsday: https://vimeo.com/22057779

The video is a very stylized portrait of the beauty of baseball. The strength of the video is the visual journey the viewer takes through the photographer’s artistic interpretation of the Mets spring training.  

Judges: Detroit Free Press Staff Photographers – Eric Seals, Kimberly P. Mitchell, Brian Kaufman and Romain Blanquart with Managing Editor/Digital Media Nancy Andrews.

MEETING CANCELED - BREWS AND NEWS advocacy meeting

Visual Journalists and reporters will gather for a discussion of photographer’s rights and for an opportunity to network at a Brews and News meeting on Thursday, March 1 beginning at 6 p.m., at J&R Music and Computer World’s The Café at 1 Park Row. We are will have food and refreshments sponsored and organized by the National Press Photographers Association.

PLEASE RSVP our Facebook site so we have an idea how many to expect.

This event is also supported by the New York Press Photographers Association and representatives are expected to attend.

Afterwards, we will gather for a few brews at the Beekman Pub at 15 Beekman Street in Manhattan.

J&R will also show off choice products and offer special discounts to those who attend this special event.

We will also discuss the upcoming NPPA Northern Short Course that all photographers can attend or decide to attend any time before it begins on March 8.

The meeting follows a letter sent by a coalition of organizations demanding answers and changes in procedures by the NYPD and its office of Public Information, which have been derided for failure to respect press freedoms.

We will have experienced NPPA representatives and photographic leaders who will lead discussions on recent incidents involving police and other authorities who have interfered with or impeded visual journalists from doing their jobs. Robert Roth, a photojournalist and practicing attorney, will be able to discuss the legal issues surrounding some of these incidents.

We will discuss incidents from the recent Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, in addition to other acts of deliberate interference by authorities at news incidents. This is your chance to sound off on the issues before a major address occurs at this year’s Northern Short Course in Virginia in March led by NPPA Chief Counsel Mickey Osterreicher and Advocacy Chair Alicia Calzada-Wagner who is now practicing copyright law.

Discussions will allow us to bring together complaints by visual journalists and assemble them for the NPPA legal counsel for possible actions in the future. We encourage photographers to bring written information and reports, using complaint forms created by the NYPPA, available at nyppa.org . These forms were put together to help create patterns of press interference.

If you have photos of visual journalists being interfered with, obstructed, assault or arrested, please send low res images to toddphoto@aol.com. We will show these photos at the meeting in a slide show presentation.

Melanie Burford- was part of the team of Dallas Morning News photographers who received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. In 2009 she won the Emmy Award for her portfolio of video documentary work at the Lone Star Emmy Advanced Media Awards. Melanie’s work has been recognized at the 74^th National Headliner Awards, the Harry Chapin Media Awards, the Clarion Awards, the Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year International. An adjunct professor at The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, her passion for teaching has gained her keynote speaking roles including the Kodak Seminar Series touring Australia and New Zealand in 2008. Originally from New Zealand, Melanie’s career began in 1990, working at The Evening Post before moving to America in 1999, becoming a staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News in 2003 and moving to New York in 2009. She is a founding member of the photo collective Prime.

Bill Eppridge - After his graduation from college, Eppridge worked for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and then went on to work for LIFE. During the 1960s and until the magazine folded in 1972 Eppridge was a staff photographer for LIFE. He covered many topics and news events, often finding himself in history-making situations.While working for LIFE, Eppridge photographed celebrities such as Alan Alda on the set of M*A*S*H, Gene Hackman, Raquel Welch and others. During the Apollo 13 mission, Epperidge was the only photographer allowed into Marilyn Lovell’s home even as her husband was stranded in orbit above the moon. In 1968 while five feet in front of his subject and friend, Robert F. Kennedy lay on the floor of the kitchen of Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel, mortally wounded by a bullet fired by Sirhan B. Sirhan. Eppridge went into the crowd and began holding people back, but every once in a while, he would reach down and click his camera.

David Burnett- is a photojournalist with more than 4 decades of work covering the news, the people, and visual tempo of our age. He is co-founder of Contact Press Images, the New York based photojournalism agency, now entering its 36th year. In a recent issue of American Photo magazine Burnett was named one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography." He has been a contract photographer for TIME since 2003, reprising a position he held for 15 years in the 1970s and 1980s. The May/June 2010 issue of American PHOTO did a 10-page story on David, and his unique talent for staying ahead of the times. In July 2011, David worked with Photographers for Hope to create a workshop for homeless newsvendors in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Rules of the Contest prohibit any member of the NYPPA to contact the Judges in any way. If the Board finds out that a member has contacted a Judge that member will be expelled from the New York Press Photographers Asociation.

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Stop by or lend a hand its always a fun time for all.

Light lunch and drinks will be provided.

Not able to make it on the 25th? Be sure to check NYPPA.org for contest results.

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