NPPA Conference June 1-2

The 2007 NPPA Photojournalism Summit will take place in Portland, Oregon this year, and the speakers list features a who’s who of online talent.

The list of multimedia speakers includes:

  • Rich Beckman, professor of multimedia design and production at the University of North Carolina
  • Andrew deVigal, multimedia editor for The New York Times
  • Seth Gitner, multimedia editor for The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.com
  • Dirck Halstead, editor and publisher of DigitalJournalist.org
  • Richard Koci Hernandez, deputy director of multimedia and photography for The San Jose Mercury News
  • Tom Kennedy, managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive
  • David Leeson, executive producer for video and new media at The Dallas Morning News
  • Judith Levitt, Photo Producer for The New York Times
  • Regina McCombs, The Star Tribune
  • Jim Seida, multimedia producer for MSNBC
  • Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm
  • Joe Weiss, Creator and Developer of Soundslides

Also, make sure to catch me at the Online News Association conference in Toronto on Oct. 17-19. I’ll also soon be swinging by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference, featuring plenty of online workshops on June 13-16 in San Jose, Calif.

[Hat tips to Will, the esteemed conference co-chair, and Bryan for reminding me about NPPA.]

Author: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.