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Alicia Calzada, deputy general counsel for @nppa.org in the Anchorage Daily News: “It is Kirch’s job to work with journalists and provide information to the media and the public, not to protect officials from scrutiny, or interfere with journalists who are doing their job.”

Alaska elections division official blocks journalist’s camera after hearing on U.S. Senate race ballot listing

The encounter came as Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher was leaving a hearing at the Legislative Information Office in Anchorage, where she answered questions from lawmakers about how the d...

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Great storytelling can change careers and the world. The Hutchison/Wheeler Advanced Storytelling Award was created to help experienced video photojournalists access the mentorship, hands-on learning and professional connections offered through the NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop.

Mickey Osterreicher, the general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), which is also pushing back…said that “photographers should be asking whether those protections are contractual and enforceable or simply a matter of current practice that could change over time.”

Exposure to Risk: Freelance photographers vs. the Wall Street Journal.

Freelance photographers are organizing against a new contract at the Wall Street Journal that they say opens their work up to AI training.

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Today at 2:33 p.m., remember Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. Remember their families’ loss. Remember the survivors who thwarted a murderous attempt to silence a free press. Remember how Annapolis responded. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Hutzell: Eight years after the Annapolis newsroom shooting, a return to 888 Bestgate

COLUMN | For eight years, I’ve avoided getting too close to 888 Bestgate, where five friends were murdered on June 28, 2018. It's the dark point on my landscape of regret, and it just smacked me in th...

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On this Memorial Day, the NPPA honors and remembers the brave members of our Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. The freedoms protected by the First Amendment, including freedom of the press, endure because of those willing to defend them. 🇺🇸

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“Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel at the [NPPA], who helped push for the 2022 shift of press pass authority out of the NYPD, said any credentialing system faces an “inherent tension” between avoiding viewpoint discrimination and preserving the integrity of the badge.”… Thoughts?

Luigi Mangione fans who praised CEO death shouldn’t have gotten NYC press passes: Mamdani

The supporters’ inflammatory comments to the Daily News a day earlier, including that they didn’t give a “flying f—k” that Thompson had been killed and that his children would be better off without hi...

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World Press Freedom Day is here and the takeaway is this: We are stronger together. That’s always been true. But never more true than now. While press freedoms have hit a historic low in the United States, violence against photojournalists has spiked. We’re all in this, together. Donate today.

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NPPA is the first and only national organization solely dedicated to empowering visual journalists, unwavering in our commitment since our founding nearly 80 years ago. Take this opportunity to supp...

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NPPA Legal Counsel Alicia Calzada and NPPA Board member, Lisa Krantz with a word on AI. “Old-fashioned source checking can limit spread of AI-generated images online” Check out their Op-Ed in the San Antonio Express-News below.

Old-fashioned source checking can limit spread of AI-generated images online

AI-generated images are proliferating online, flooding us with misinformation. A dose of skepticism can go a long way.

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