Happy New Year AAJAers!
It’s day nine of 2019. How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? We hope that one of your resolutions is to be better storytellers and we hope that AAJA can help you do that in 2019. If you have ideas for a panel or workshop for AAJA19 in Atlanta, please send it to us, or submit the idea yourself here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmxv7icH1fBGT3FsKT8iLh3Vvlnnb7QA9vBxHMZYl8DLauOw/viewform
Did you take a fab photo or series of photos last year in 2018? Enter it into the Pictures of the Year International competition hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. DON’T WAIT! entry deadline is next Monday, January 14, 2019. There are 40 different categories. FORTY!
They have also added a POY Rising Star Scholarship. There are so many details that I can’t write them all here. Well, I could, but that would be redundant. so please read all the details and a list of categories and requirements at the POY website: https://poy.org
Is there a photographer you want to meet in Atlanta? We’re working on a shortlist of photographers for out Photo Hangouts and we’d love to hear your input. We can’t make any promises they’ll be there, but we promise to do what we can to secure the best photographers we can with our (very) limited budget. but we do have a budget.
Rumor has it that there will be a new Affinity Group for Video Journalists. The paperwork was submitted but it has not been confirmed yet, so please don’t quote me on this, but we’re hoping that AAJA will see the need that this affinity group can fill within the AAJA family. We know that many of you are entrenched in video and multi-media, which quite frankly, is above our pay grade. So cross your fingers!
And last but not least, have you renewed your membership for 2019? Please help us help you by renewing your membership. Look! We even provided the link. How easy is that?! https://www.aaja.org/join
That’s it for now.
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Stick to those New Year’s resolutions and we hope to see you in Atlanta! Happy shooting!
Darrell =)
