From Jeri:
We have secured a rate of $129 per night at University Place Conference Center & Hotel, it down the street from the Journalism Building on the IUPUI campus. You need to just tell them that you will be on campus for a meeting in the Journalism building to get the discount. I would book them ASAP, I don’t know how they’re doing on rooms. Here’s a link to their website… http://www.universityplace.iupui.edu/
Still judging is planned for Friday and Saturday Feb. 23-24.
We are also planning a shootout for college students, judging those stories will take place after the business meeting Saturday.
Your video judging chair is Shea Goodpaster and you can reach him at shearobgood@msn.com for more details.
From Chris Howell:
Witness: Photography by James Nachtwey Sponsored by the IU School of Journalism and Canon, 7 p.m. Thursday, February 1, The Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN.
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And of course don’t forget out long time sponsors:
| Matt Detrich | Indianapolis Star | 1138 |
| Denny Simmons | Courier and Press | 872 |
| Frank Oliver | Journal and Courier | 473 |
| Justin Rumbach | Courier and Press/The Herald | 468 |
| Joe Garza | Tribune Star | 400 |
| Bob Gwaltney | Courier and Press | 322 |
| Charlie Nye | Indianapolis Star | 313 |
| Robert Scheer | Indianapolis Star | 310 |
| Tim Bath | Kokomo Tribune | 308 |
| Jim Rider | South Bend Tribune | 288 |
| Jason Clark | Courier and Press | 278 |
| Christopher Smith | The Times | 238 |
| Joe Vitti | Indianapolis Star | 221 |
| Melanie Maxwell | Star Press | 155 |
| Andrew Laker | The Republic | 138 |
| Joe Harpring | The Republic | 130 |
| Mike Dickbernd | The Republic | 130 |
| Jeri Reichanadter | Indianapolis Star | 112 |
| Erick Markov | Kokomo Tribune | 108 |
| Leslie Adkins | Post-Tribune | 107 |
| Click to open winners gallery |
Judges: St. Petersburg Times (FL) staff photographers Lara Cerri, Willie J. Allen, Jr., Bob Croslin, Martha Rial, John Pendygraft
Clips received: 12/26/06
Clips judges: 1/02/07
CREAM OF THE CROP
Charlie Nye – Unique play. A wonderful moment not seen before. From the angle of the play, it looks like the coach – with hands in the air – is helping his player. Quite funny, really.
General News:
1st: Leslie Adams – Embrace. Woman goes from shelter to new home. Nice to get within arm’s length. Nice, intimate moment from planned event that conveyed caring and gratitude.
2nd: Matt Detrich – Funeral service hug. Shot nice and clean, but left half of photo doesn’t contribute information.
3rd: Joseph Garza – Election. The 3-year-old crouching at this parent’s feet while they vote is a nice surprise at the old voting booth.
Spot News:
Two entries only. Judges were disappointed with mediocre entries, but liked the car accident better.
Feature:
1st: Frank Oliver – Moon with birds. The moon is big and detailed against a dark blue sky with birds illuminated by what appears to be a deep red sunlight. A beautiful, hard to get shot with gorgeous light.
2nd: Denny Simmons – Resting in the saddle. “A little wide,” said a couple judges, but we liked the documentary feel of this moment of a girl resting on her horse.
3rd: Tim Bath – Girl with lung disease. Nice to see a bright, hopeful moment from what must be a difficult and depressing condition.
Sports:
1st: Charlie Nye – Unique basketball play. A wonderful moment not seen before. From the angle of the play, it looks like the coach – with hands it he air – is helping his player. Quite funny, really. Clean and nicely framed too.
2nd: Joe Vitti – High school locker room prep. Well seen and composed behind-the-scenes shot. Nice emotion.
3rd: Denny Simmons – Salute. Great shot of after-game emotion. Both a show of strength and defeat that the photographer captured well. Almost a cinematic moment. “Looks like an old Pepsi ad,” said one judge.
HM : Rob Goebel – Trio of volleyball emotion. A frame full of state champs emotion from a difficult sport to shoot.
Multiple:
1st: Matt Detrich – Funeral of children. This was far and away the best collection. A thorough job. And a reminder to all photographers that is your photos run online, you can print them out and tape them together.
2nd: Frank Oliver – Sandhill crane migration. Nice collection of solid photos. Quiet with nice light.
3rd: Joseph Garza – Mission soup kitchen. The photo of classmate volunteers admiring and laughing at each other’s hair nets was a great surprise in this collection. That pushed it up to number 3 for us.