July 14, 2005
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This week: Associated Press Photo Managers news from Darrell Hoemann
Conference plans: A strong program is shaping up for Oct. 27-28 in San Jose. Click here for a link to register.
Video and Stills: A Pulitzer winner gives tips on mixing video and stills. Click here for more.
Access: The debate promises to get intense. Click here for more.
Danger: Advice for crisis management. Click here for more.
Open discussion: Lessons learned. Click here for more.
Regional training: Pennsylvania plans session. Click here for more.

KEY DATES

— Sept. 9: Nominations due for Robert G. McGruder Awards for Diversity Leadership
— Sept. 25: Cut-off for $150 conference room rate at The Fairmont, San Jose
— Oct. 26-29: APME Conference, The Fairmont, San Jose

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FOR PHOTO MANAGERS
Convergence, ethics and crisis management are on the agenda of the Associated Press Photo Managers annual meeting in San Jose on Oct. 27 and 28. The conference is held in conjunction with the Associated Press Managing Editors' annual conference Oct. 26-29, so photo managers will share sessions with APME members.

Online registration for the conference is available at www.apphotomanagers.org. Look there for further details about the conference as they become available. Note that APME members register at by clicking here.

Read below for details on photography programs in planning for the conference.

LEARN MORE ABOUT MIXING VIDEO AND STILLS
Pulitzer prize winning photographer David Leeson of The Dallas Morning News will show his new video work and talk to the managers about what it takes to create video and still images from the staff. The video is intended for the newspaper's web site aimed at younger readers and growing readership.

Leeson won the Pulitzer with colleague Cheryl Diaz Meyers for their coverage of the invasion of Iraq. A biography on The Dallas Morning News web site notes that Leeson was embedded with an Army unit that saw an "Army record of 23 days of sustained enemy conflict."

He has also won two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, the first for his 1986 photos made while living with the Dallas homeless for two months. The second, for his 1994 coverage of the civil war in Angola.

On a personal web site featuring the nature photography of his wife, photojournalist Kim Ritzenthaler and himself, Leeson says his "27 year career took him to 60 countries and half dozen conflicts."

The award winning work continued when he became one of the first newspaper staff photographers in the United States to shoot video along with his still work. He has won a national Edward R. Murrow award and a regional Emmy award for best television documentary.

The work he pioneered continues with other staffers at The Dallas Morning News. Currently, visitors to the photography area of the Web site can view video and stills by staff photographer Richard Michael Pruitt on the volunteer greeters welcoming home of area soldiers who arrive at Dallas-Fort Worth airport.

Session plans include a presentation from a newspaper Web site manager skilled in combining video and photo.

ACCESS DEBATE: WHAT TO DO WHEN AGENCIES PAY FOR SHOOTING POSITIONS?
A session at the 2004 annual meeting that brought representatives of various photo agencies to discuss access issues was dynamic and occasionally intense. While photo managers present found the discussion informative, time limited the discussion.

Representatives of Getty, Reuters, Knight Ridder Tribune and The Associated Press have been asked to participate in discussing access issues, with plans to take the discussion to the next level. Some photo agencies have been cutting deals with major league teams, paying for the best shooting positions and putting their "editorial" work up for resale to advertising.

How this can affect access for other media attempting to cover an event and what it means for clients of the agencies will be part of the discussion.

SESSION OFFERS ADVICE FOR SENDING STAFFERS "IN HARM'S WAY"
The Friday morning session will focus on the challenges for managers who are responsible for sending staff members into dangerous situations.

The invasion of Iraq put daily newspaper staffers with military units as embedded journalists. Natural disasters at home also put staffers at personal risks. Drawing on information from author Anthony Finestein's book "Dangerous Lives", participants will discuss dealing with both covering traumatic news events and supporting staff members sent into the field.

Plans are under way to include a reporter and photographer "who have been there" to add their insights to the discussion.

OPEN DISCUSSION TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED
APPM members will offer examples of images and pages of both successes and failures and the lessons learned from each. Following will be an open discussion among the photo managers on common issues they face in the newsroom.

REGIONAL TRAINING: PENNSYLVANIA TO HOST APPM/PNA WORKSHOP
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., will host a one day APPM/PNA Photo Workshop. Topics will include "Photo and the Law" with Tribune lawyer David Bralow and Photo Illustrations: The Process and the Ethics. For more information contact Naomi Halperin, Director of Phography at The Morning Call, at naomi.halperin@mcall.com.

This week's installment was coordinated by Darrell Hoemann of the News-Gazette in Champaign, Ill., and an APPM member.

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Contributors include:
• Ken Sands of The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., online
• Carol Nunnelley of the Credibility Roundtables project
• Darrell Hoemann of The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill., a member of the Associated Press Photo Managers
• Scott Angus of the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette, APME state associations
• Logan Molen of The Bakersfield (Calif.) Californian, APME readership committee.
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