(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 18, 2023) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Vincent Alban from Rochester Institute of Technology has been named the WHNPA Student Still Photographer of the Year, and in the eighth year of the student video division, Isabella Martin of Michigan State University has […]
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(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 19, 2023) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced the winners of the Digital Storytelling categories in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition. Whitney Shefte of The Washington Post was named WHNPA 2023 Multimedia Visual Journalist of the Year. The judges for the Digital Storytelling […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 19, 2023) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ben Martin of ITN Channel 4 News has been named “Photographer of the Year” and Stuart Cohen of PBS Newshour has been awarded the 2023 WHNPA “Video Editor of the Year” in the annual ‘Eyes […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 19, 2023) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Carol Guzy, working for ZUMA Press and NPR, has been named WHNPA 2023 Photographer of the Year and Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse was awarded Political Photo of the Year in the 2023 ‘Eyes of […]
Still Photography Broadcast Video Photography Broadcast Video Editing Digital Storytelling Student Still Judges information coming soon! Student Video 2023 Eyes of History Judging Weekend The 2023 Eyes of History Judging will be held in person at Union Market February 18-19. For more information, visit our events page. The 2023 WHNPA […]
The top winners of the still, video, and digital storytelling as well as the student contests will be honored at the black-tie gala. Highlights of the evening will include presenting the WHNPA Lifetime Achievement Awards. After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 recipient Robert Williams of NBC News, […]
Long-time WHNPA member Arthur Grace has published a new book titled Communism(s): A Cold War Album. The book, published by Damiani Editore is a portfolio of photographs he took behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Bloc countries while on assignment for TIME and Newsweek magazines from 1977-1989. Information about the […]
The board of the WHNPA is pleased to announce the date of the 2022 ‘Eyes of History®’ gala will be Saturday night, Sept. 10, 2022, at The Ritz Carlton in Washington. The COVID-19 pandemic forced postponement of the 2020 and 2021 galas and we are looking forward to a wonderful […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 26, 2022) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ethan Swope of Santa Monica College has been named the WHNPA Student Still Photographer of the Year, and in the ninth year of the student video division, Lucas Pruitt of the University of North Carolina […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 27, 2022) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced the winners of the Digital Storytelling categories in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ competition. Angélica María Casas of BBC News was awarded Multimedia Journalist of the Year in 2021. She was also recognized for her feature […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 27, 2022) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Ben Martin of ITN Channel 4 News has been awarded the 2022 WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year in the annual ‘Eyes of History®’ broadcast contest. McKenna Ewen of CNN has been named Video Editor […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 27, 2022) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced that Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse has been named WHNPA 2022 Photographer of the Year. Smialowski’s image of President Joe Biden meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded the Political Photo of the Year in […]
Still Photography Broadcast Video Photography Broadcast Video Editing Digital Storytelling Student Still Student Video 2022 Eyes of History Judging Weekend
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 6, 2022) – The White House News Photographers Association® announced they will present Joni Mazer Field, a recently retired video editor for the BBC, with the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 ‘Eyes of History®’ awards gala which will be held later this year in […]
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 12, 2021) – The White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) announced that Carol Guzy is being presented with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. Guzy began her photojournalism career in 1980 at The Miami Herald. During her eight years at the Herald, she was awarded her first […]