VISUAL TASK FORCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 23:
10am - 12pm – ShootOut Meeting – VTF Room McCormick Place West W476
9am - 4pm – Workshops
9am - 5pm – Career Expo
9am - 5pm – Photojournalism Gallery - Booth #1727 Expo Hall
10am - 4pm – VTF Room Open - McCormick Place West W476
5pm – Opening Ceremony
5pm – VTF Suite - Sheraton Hotel – room 1851
Thursday, July 24:
9am - 4pm – Career Expo
9am - 4pm – Photojournalism Gallery - Booth #1727 Expo Hall
10am - 4pm – VTF Room Open - McCormick Place West W476
11am - 2pm – Mac Computer Lab available for VTF use
5pm - VTF Suite - Sheraton Hotel – room 1851
6:30pm – Unofficial VTF pizza dinner - Giordano’s pizzaria
7pm - 9pm – Presidential Candidates Forum (canceled)
Friday, July 25:
9am - 12pm – Mac Computer Lab available for VTF use
10am – VTF Room Open - McCormick Place West W476 (VTF room)
10am – VTF Board Meeting - McCormick Place West W476 (VTF room)
noon – Deadline for Multimedia, Photography ShootOut Competition - (VTF room)
11am - 5:30pm – Career Expo
11am - 5:30pm – Photojournalism Gallery - Booth #1727 Expo Hall
1:30pm – Open Judging for Multimedia and ShootOut Competition (VTF room)
1:30pm – VTF Awards - (VTF room)
5pm - VTF Suite - Sheraton Hotel – room 1851
5:30pm – AAJA Silent Auction and Gala Banquet – Hyatt Regency Hotel Ballroom
7pm – NAJA Auction & Gala Banquet, American Indian Center of Chicago
7pm – NAHJ Hall of Fame Banquet & Auction – Sheraton Hotel Ballroom
Saturday, July 26:
9:45am - 12:45pm – Career Expo
noon – NABJ Live Auction - McCormick Place, West W185CD
5pm – VTF Suite - Sheraton Hotel – room 1851
9:45am – 12:45pm – Career Expo
5:30pm – Closing parties
Closed – VTF Room
MULTIMEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT COMPETITION:
Prizes: More than $6,000 in cash prizes and products
Meeting: 10am to noon in VTF room McCormick Place West W476
(Need not attend meeting to compete, but recommended)
Competition: all day Wednesday, all day Thursday, Friday till noon.
Mac Computer Lab available for VTF use: Thurs. 11:30am to 2pm; Fri. 9am to 12pm
Deadline: noon Friday in VTF room McCormick Place West W476
Live Judging: 1:30pm Friday in VTF room McCormick Place West W476
Awards: immediately following judging
Loaners: recorders from Olympus
Complete rules: More on
www.unityphoto.org
Photography chair Milbert O. Brown, Chicago Tribune (NABJ)
MMBrown912@aol.com, 312-303-7593
Multimedia chair Natalie Guillen, The New Mexican (NAHJ)
nguillen@sfnewmexican.com, 505-850-0597
PHOTOJOURNALISM GALLERY:
NAJA, AAJA, NAHJ and NABJ exhibit
Booth #1727 Expo Hall
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
NAHJ Chair: G. Marc Benavidez,
gmarcb@gmail.com
AAJA Chair: Corky Lee,
kzhou181@gmail.com
NAJA Chair: Olivia Bucks,
oliviabucks@news.oregonian.com
NABJ Chair: Sonja Foster,
sonja.foster@gmail.com
PHOTOGRAPHY AUCTIONS:
AAJA Photography Auction: Friday night during Gala Banquet, Hyatt Regency Hotel
(AAJA Chair: Corky Lee,
kzhou181@gmail.com)
NAJA Photography Auction: Friday night during Gala Banquet,
American Indian Center of Chicago
(NAJA Chair: Olivia Bucks,
oliviabucks@news.oregonian.com)
NAHJ Photography Auction: Friday night Hall of Fame Banquet, Sheraton Hotel
(NAHJ Chair: G. Marc Benavidez,
gmarcb@gmail.com)
NABJ Live Photography Auction: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday
McCormick Place, West Building, Room W185CD
(NABJ Chair: Sonja Foster,
sonja.foster@gmail.com)
VTF SUITE:
Sheraton - Room 1851
Wednesday thru Saturday - open 5 p.m. daily
Hillery Smith Shay, Unity VTF CFO (NABJ),
hilleryshay@gmail.com
VTF BOARD MEETING:
Meeting: 10 a.m. to noon. in VTF room McCormick Place West W476
Meeting of all board members of the VTF to share ideas on future conventions.
Everyone is welcome to attend. No RSVP.
OPEN VTF WORK ROOM:
McCormick Place West W476:
Wednesday through Friday - 10 a.m to 4 p.m.
UNOFFICIAL UNITY VTF/AAJA PIZZA DINNER:
Thursday, 6:30pm (please note Presidential Forum has been canceled)
Giordano’s Pizza - 310 West Randolph St. near Franklin St. (restaurant: 312-201-1441)
13 blocks from Hyatt or short 5-min. cab ride from Hyatt or Sheraton
Cost: $30 for professionals (price includes student dinners); free for students.
Menu: Pizza, salad and soft drinks.
RSVP: James Yee, email:
fotoguyf16@mac.com or call 317-640-1873
Limit: first 50 VTF/AAJA who sign up
Cash only – No check or credit card.
WORKSHOPS:
Multimedia Storytelling Workshop
Wednesday 9am to 4pm
RSVP: Full
Speakers:
Ken Knight, Online Producer, Tampa Tribune
Lanita Pace-Hinton, Director, Knight Digital Media Center Multimedia and Technology
Jeremy Rue, Multimedia Trainer, Knight Digital Media Center
Dai Sugano, Photojournalist, San Jose Mercury News
Mark Luckie, Associate Producer, Entertainment Weekly
Gina Gayle, Photojournalist, Freelance
Robert Hernandez, News Producer, Seattle Times
Video Training for Newspapers Workshop
Wednesday 9am to 4pm
RSVP: Full
Speakers: Lane Michaelsen, Vice President and News Executive, Gannett Broadcasting, Gannett Co., Inc.; Harvey Mars, Vice President/Operations, Gannett Broadcasting, Gannett Co., Inc. Anne Saul, Editor/News Systems, Gannett Co., Inc.
MORE INFO,
Paul Sakuma, Associated Press (AAJA)
Unity Visual Task Force
psakuma@aol.com
415-652-1608
