Contacts: John Harris, Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference director, (360) 650-6140, john.harris@wwu.edu; Marissa Doiron, event coordinator, (360) 650-4436, marissa.doiron@wwu.edu; Carol Brach, journalism department manager, (360) 650-3252, cbrach@hope.journ.wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will speak at the Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference sponsored by Western Washington University’s Department of Journalism.
The conference will take place at Western on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18.
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.
Among the presenters will be Seattle Times photojournalist Alan Berner, National Press Photographers Association Region 11 2008 Photographer of the Year; Meredith Birkett, senior multimedia editor for special projects at MSNBC.com; and Scott Mc Kiernan, founding member of ZUMA Press.
Also presenting will be multimedia photojournalist Wes Pope, most recently at The Rocky Mountain News; Heidi de Laubenfels, deputy managing editor for strategy and product development at The Seattle Times; and Jim Seida, senior multimedia producer at MSNBC.com.
Two concurrent and intensive multimedia workshops, one on producing audio slideshows and the other on shooting video, will be offered Friday, July 17. The cost of each workshop is $100, and space is limited; registration is first-come, first-served.
The conference is offering free registration on Saturday for visual journalists who have been laid off from their jobs in the past year. Proceeds from a silent auction of photographic prints will help offset those costs.
Registration fees:
- Both days (workshop and presentations): $150.
- Professionals for Saturday’s presentations only (includes lunch): $75.
- Students for Saturday’s presentations only: $50.
For more information about the Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference, visit http://www.wwu.edu/visualjournalism/.
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