Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference 2009

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Region 11 Director Russ Kendall announced that
Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant
managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will speak at
this summer’s Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference (BVJC).
Kendall also announced that in a nod to these difficult times,
visual journalists who have been laid off in the last year or so will
be able to attend the Saturday events, including a catered lunch, free
of charge. There will be a silent print auction to help cover these
costs. High-quality unmounted photographs donated to the auction will
be gratefully accepted.
The conference, which is held at Western Washington University’s
Department of Journalism, will take place on Friday, July 17 and
Saturday, July 18.
Among the presenters will be Seattle Times photojournalist Alan
Berner, the NPPA Region 11 Photographer of the Year/2008; Meredith
Birkett, senior multimedia editor for special projects at MSNBC.com;
and Scott Mc Kiernan, founding member of ZUMA Press.
Also presenting are multimedia photojournalist Wes Pope, most
recently at The Rocky Mountain News; Heidi de Laubenfels, deputy
managing editor for strategy and product developm
ent at The Seattle
Times; and Jim Seida, senior multimedia producer at msnbc.com. More
speakers will be announced as they confirm.
Two concurrent, intermediate-to-advanced, day-long multimedia
workshops will be offered Friday, July 17. One workshop will be on
audio slideshows and the other on shooting video. These are not
beginning workshops. Space is limited; registration is first-come,
first-served.
The registration fee for a Friday multimedia workshop is $100. The
fee for Saturday’s speaker series, which includes lunch, is $75.
However, if you register for both days the fee is just $150. Students
with current student IDs can attend Saturday’s presentations for only
$50.
Leaders in the field of visual journalism, including video and
still photographers, multimedia producers, agents, and online editors,
will share their expertise. Attendees will have the opportunity to
explore new avenues for visual storytelling, upgrade their skills, and
have their portfolios critiqued by professional visual journalists.
For directions and more information:
http://www.wwu.edu/visualjournalism/

Contacts:
John Harris, BVJC director, (360) 650-6140, john.harris@wwu.edu,
Russ Kendall, BVJC co-director, 360-715-2265, russ.kendall@bellinghamherald.com
Marissa Doiron, event coordinator, (360) 650-4436, marissa.doiron@wwu.edu;