The White House News Photographers Association strongly condemns all violence and threats of violence committed against journalists covering the siege on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. We heard many disturbing reports of journalists being physically and verbally attacked by protesters during these events. We saw images of television gear being […]
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The following is a statement from the White House News Photographers Association executive board addressing several issues we have seen arise in recent weeks. These points, while having bubbled up from similar events, are intended to stand on their own from one another. We are condensing them here for the […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb., 23, 2020) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced the winners of the Digital Storytelling categories in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition. Dalton Bennett won Multimedia Visual Journalist of the Year. McClatchy won the Documentary or Series category for their piece on the Miami […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 23, 2020) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ben Martin of ITN Channel 4 has been awarded the 2020 WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ video contest. McKenna Ewen has been named Video Editor of the Year. […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb., 23, 2020) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that photographer Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images has been named “WHNPA Photographer of the Year” and Erin Schaff of the New York Times has won “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2020 ‘Eyes of History®’ […]
Still Photography Video Photography Video Editing Digital Storytelling Student Still The judges for the 2020 Eyes of History Student Still Photography Contest will be announced shortly! Student Video The judges for the 2020 Eyes of History Student Video Photography Contest will be announced shortly! 2020 Eyes of History Judging Weekend
The White House News Photographers Association is appalled by a fake video depicting a superimposed President Trump committing violence against journalists, which was reportedly shown at a conference of Trump supporters at one of his Florida hotels last week. While we recognize the rights of free speech afforded to the […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® has announced that David Greene, award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author and host of NPR’s Morning Edition, will be the host and emcee of the 98th WHNPA’s 2019 ‘Eyes of History®’ awards gala to be […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 23, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that they will present Margaret Thomas, PhD, a photographer formerly of The Washington Post, with the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 ‘Eyes of History®’ annual awards gala Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Ritz […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 10, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced the winners of the Multimedia categories in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition. Whitney Shefte of The Washington Post won Multimedia Journalist of the Year. NPR and The Washington Post both won three first place awards. […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 10, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ben Martin of ITN Channel 4 News has been awarded the 2019 WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ video contest. Andrew Smith of CGTN America has been named Video […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 10, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that photographer Jabin Botsford of The Washington Post has been named “Photographer of the Year” and Tom Williams of CQ/Roll Call has been awarded “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2019 ‘Eyes of History®’ contest […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 11, 2019) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Alex Kormann of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named the WHNPA Student Still Photographer of the Year, and in the sixth year of the student video division Skyler Ballard of […]