Workshops

Divide the frame into thirds both horizontally and vertically (like a tic-tac-toe board). The subject goes at the intersection of any two lines. Photo by Paulina Rendon, Harrisonburg High School (Va.)

College Media Advisers SHOOT-OUT AUSTIN, fall 2009 • FIRST PLACE: Terry Ting, York University; SECOND PLACE: Salvador Chavez, Los Angeles City College (Rhonda Guess, adviser); THIRD PLACE: Jessica Hodder, University of Miami (Carl Stano, adviser); THEME: “Keep Austin Weird.” This was a tough assignment in an interesting city. There was almost too much to cover. But collectively, the images, with the highest-ranked ones shown here, project the city’s weirdness.

VIRGINIA TECH summer workshop 2009 • High-school photographers gathered at Virginia Tech to learn everything from yearbook design to Web publishing to photojournalism. This is a look at the work by student photojournalists.

College Media Advisers Shoot-out, KANSAS CITY, fall 2008 • Chantal Anderson, University of Washington (Kristin Millis, adviser) placed first in this portrait of Kansas City by the photographers attending the national college convention. “When the judges look at the pictures individually and collectively, they should get a feel for Kansas City. Offer an analysis of the city that goes far beyond the superficial. Find a person, place or thing that just screams ‘Kansas City.’”

DOW JONES NEWSPAPER FUND 2008 • Ever year, a group of a dozen or more college students starting their internships right after the workshop gather to participate in the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Center for Copyediting Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin. This is a look at the participants in 2008.

College Media Advisers Shoot-out, WASHINGTON, D.C., fall 2007 • Evan Falk of Ithaca College (Michael Serino, adviser) placed first in this year’s shoot-out.

College Media Advisers Shoot-out, ST. LOUIS, Mo., fall 2006 • Annabelle Ombac of Virginia Tech University (Kelly Wolff, adviser) placed first in this year’s shoot-out.

College Media Advisers Shoot-out, KANSAS CITY, fall 2005 • Nathan Lang of Johnson County Community College (Anne Christiansen-Bullers, adviser) placed first with his photo of “Kansas City’s 106th homicide of 2005.”