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LATEST SCHEDULE FOR VISUAL TASK FORCE

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
     

VISUAL TASK FORCE SCHEDULE
Find latest VTF info: www.unityphoto.org
 
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

 

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MULTIMEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
 

MULTIMEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT 
THEME: DIVERSITY IN CHICAGO
 
Put your skills to the test for this live multimedia and photography competition during the Unity Convention. Contestants can go out into Chicago to either photograph and/or work on a multimedia project with the theme: 
“DIVERSITY IN CHICAGO.” Contestants can enter both competitions. Any Unity attendee is eligible for the competition. (Design ShootOut has been canceled.)
 
PRIZES: Approximately $6,000 in prize money and other prizes will be awarded.
First place: Canon digital camera; $500 in cash donated by VTF NABJ.
Second place: Canon digital camera; $250 in cash by VTF NABJ.
Additional prizes include $1,000 in San Disk cards and $1,000 in ThinkTankPhoto.com camera bags.
 
ASSIGNMENT: “DIVERSITY IN CHICAGO.” Chicago is one of the most diverse ethnic city in America. Each Chicago neighborhood is very unique. There are several sections of  African-American, Asian, Hispanic and Native American communities in Chicago. Each photographer/multimedia journalist must select  a different diverse group other than his/her own. (Example: African-American photographer must photograph an Asian community, Hispanic or a Native American community.)
 
TIMETABLE:
WEDNESDAY: 10am - Meeting in VTF room  (McCormick Place West W476)
THURSDAY: 11:30am - 2pm  - Mac Computer Lab open
FRIDAY: 9am - noon – Mac Computer Lab Open
FRIDAY: Noon - Deadline - VTF room 
FRIDAY: 1: 30pm - Live judging. VTF room 
FRIDAY: 1:30pm - VTF Awards Ceremony - VTF room
 
MEETING: It is recommended (but not required) that contestants and multimedia mentors attend a special Photography & Multimedia ShootOut meeting at 10am on Wednesday, July 23 in the VTF room (McCormick Place West W476). All the rules and theme ideas will be explained at the meeting.
 
COMPUTER LAB TIME: The Mac Computer Lab will be available on: 
Thursday from 11:30am to 2pm; Friday from 9am to noon (deadline).
 
DEADLINE: Friday, noon, in the VTF room (McCormick Place West W476).
 
LIVE JUDGING & AWARDS: Friday 1:30pm in the VTF room. (McCormick Place West W476)  Winners will be announced at the VTF Awards Ceremony on Friday at 1:30 pm in the VTF room after each judging session. 
 
GEAR: Please bring your own camera, audio gear, video camera and laptop. There will be limited number of audio recorders available sponsored by Olympus. 
 
LEGAL STATEMENTS: 
By entering, I hereby certify that I am the only copyright holder or have been fully authorized by the copyright holder with regard to the material herewith submitted with any images/multimedia package which were created during the Unity Photography and Multimedia ShootOut Competition. I give permission for the use of my entry material in the exhibition, Unity web sites, awards ceremony and for the promotion of Unity and its activities, without any remuneration.
 
FAQs:
Who can enter? Anyone who attends Unity. Judges ineligible to enter contest.  
Judges criteria?  A judging panel chooses the winners based on quality, assignment execution and story-telling consistency. 
Cost? None
RSVP? None
What is the Unity Photography & Multimedia Competition? A live competition for those attending the Unity Convention.
Where can I shoot, video tape, record? Anywhere in Chicago. 
What  equipment do I need to enter? Each entrant will need to bring own equipment. There will be limited audio recorders provided by Olympus.
Camera loaners? None
Do I need to attend meeting to enter? No. But is recommended.
 
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT RULES:
Contestants can go out to shoot pictures starting on Wednesday, July 23 and enter up to five of their best photographs. Deadline is noon on Friday, July 25.  Any Unity attendee can enter pictures shot anywhere in the Chicago area that best illustrate the theme.
 
Limit of five photo entries maximum per entrant. Photo essay counts as one entry. Images can be any size, but must be .jpg format. All images should be toned and cropped. If you need help with toning, captions, or any step, please ask one of the ShootOut coordinators.
 
Each file must have your first and last name with .jpg at end of file. Put the number of photos, with a maximum of five, at the end of your name. 
(Example: Milbert Brown images should look like this: milbertbrown1.jpg; milbertbrown2.jpg; milbertbrown3.jpg; milbertbrown4.jpg; milbertbrown5.jpg.)
 
Photo essays should be in separate folder with your first and last name. Maximum 12 images in photo essay folder.  Include a summary about the body of work in the first image of the essay in File Info. Also include full captions on all of the photos in the body of work.  

Captions should be clear and concise. Each caption should include—“The Journalistic five W’s”  (who, what, when, where and why). Captions should be written and saved in the Photoshop application “File Info.”

 
Entrant’s name, email address, cell phone, hotel phone number and room number should be in “File Info.” Entries can be submitted on thumb drive, CD, CF or SD cards.
 
MULTIMEDIA SHOOTOUT RULES:
Contestants can also go out to shoot pictures, video and gather audio starting  anytime on Wednesday, July 23 and submit one multimedia piece. Deadline is noon on Friday, July 25. Any Unity attendee can enter a multimedia piece that best illustrates the theme shot anywhere in the Chicago area. Contestants can work in teams of 2-3 on a mentor/team basis. Teams will be organized at Wednesday’s meeting.
 
Limit one multimedia piece of a maximum of two minutes. On a Word document, include entrant’s name, email address, cell phone, hotel phone number and room number. Entries can be submitted on thumb drive, CD, CF or SD cards. Place all info into one folder with your first and last name. (Example: Natalie Guillen’s folder name is: Natalie Guillen.) There is no Internet connection inside VTF room. Do not submit web site link.
 
Entrant’s name, email address, cell phone, hotel phone number and room number should be in “File Info” or on Word program inside the folder.
 
MORE INFORMATION:
Latest info: www.unityphoto.org
 
Photography ShootOut Chair
Milbert Brown (NABJ), Chicago Tribune
 MMBrown912@aol.com 
312-303-7593
 
Multimedia ShootOut Chair
Natalie Guillen (NAHJ), Santa Fe New Mexican
 nguillen@sfnewmexican.com 
505-850-0597
 
VTF Chair
Paul Sakuma (AAJA), Associated Press
 psakuma@aol.com
415-652-1608

 

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UNOFFICIAL UNITY VTF PIZZA DINNER

Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Dear AAJA Unity Conventioneer,
 
Please try to come to the Pizza dinner. Yes, it’s the same time as the presidential forum. We’ll see it on TV at the Pizzaria if you’re dying to see what you missed.
 
UNOFFICIAL UNITY VTF/AAJA PIZZA DINNER:
Thursday, 6:30pm (please note presidential forum at same time)
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.
 
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Wednesday all day, Corky will be holding down the fort at the Photojournalism Exhibit. Please come and help out Corky. Wednesday is AAJA volunteer day.
 
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There will be a joint VTF session of members at 10am Friday in the VTF room. We all want to learn from each other about making out future convention better.
 
At noon on Friday is the AAJA membership meeting.
 
Then at 1:30pm is the Open judging for the ShootOut. (secret: also includes lunch)
 
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Multimedia mentors as well as Multimedia contestants and Photography contestants, please come to the Wednesday 10am meeting about the ShootOut. We will pair up Multimedia mentors with students to help in competition. Yikes - $6,000 in prizes. Canon digital camera, $500 in cash, thinktank bag and CF cards.
 
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Paul Sakuma

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