Eddie Adams, TIME magazine, started the afternoon session.
Richard Ferro is winner of the title of NPPA Region Six "Photographer of the Year" four times (1968-70-71-73) at the St. Petersburg Times and Evening Independent.
Charlie Jones is a veteran cameraman for ABC News and his assignments have carried him around the world.
Lana Harris worked for the Jacksonville Times-Union, and the Orlando Sentinel before becoming United Press International's first full-time female staffer anywhere in the world in 1973.
Bernie Boston, Chief Photographer of the Washington Star-News for the past six years, is currently Chairman of the NPPA's Freedom of Information Committee, and President of the White House News Photographers Association.
Bill Strode, newly elected president of the National Press Photographers Association, is the Assistant Director of Photography for the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. Bill won both NPPA's "Photographer of the Year" award, and their "Newspaper Magazine Picture Editor of the Year" award.
Burke Uzzle began his career as a staff photographer for the Raleigh News and Observer, did work under Jay Leviton of Leviton-Atlanta, then worked as a Black Star photographer. From there he became a contract photographer with LIFE, and in 1967 he joined Magnum.