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WHNPA Announces 2025 Student Still and Video Photography Contest Winners with Historic Firsts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 10, 2025 – The White House News Photographers Association® (WHNPA) is proud to announce the winners of its annual ‘Eyes of History®’ visual journalism student competition, marking a year of unprecedented achievements. This year’s competition saw a record-breaking number of submissions in the Still Photography Portfolio […]

2025 Digital Storytelling Award Winners Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 10, 2025 – The White House News Photographers Association® (WHNPA) proudly announces the winners of the Digital Storytelling categories in the Digital Storytelling division of its 2025 ‘Eyes of History®’ visual journalism competition. WHNPA President Jessica Koscielniak commented, “This year’s digital storytelling competition is a reminder […]

2025 Video Award Winners Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 10, 2025 – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ben Martin of ITN has been named the 2025 WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ video contest. Additionally, Chris Shlemon has been recognized as the 2025 Video Editor of […]

Statement on the Trump administration’s decision to restrict access to Associated Press journalists

The White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s decision to restrict the access for Associated Press still photojournalists and reporters as an act of retaliation for the company’s editorial decisions. These actions represent an unacceptable denial of access to journalists fulfilling their professional duties and adhering […]

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Letter to the Harris Campaign

On August 29th, 2024 the White House News Photographers Association sent the following letter to the Harris campaign. The letter was also endorsed by other media organizations impacted by the reduction of still photojournalist access to covering Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign. Based on precedent, the letter details the WHNPA’s […]

2024 Digital Storytelling Award Winners Announced

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 18, 2024) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced the winners of the Digital Storytelling categories of the Digital Storytelling division of the association’s 2024 ‘Eyes of History®’ visual journalism competition. Zoeann Murphy of The Washington Post was selected as Multimedia Visual Journalist of the […]

2024 Broadcast Video Award Winners Announced

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 18, 2024) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Edward Young of Sky News has been awarded the 2024 WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ broadcast contest, and Stuart Cohen of PBS Newshour has been named the 2024 […]