Sonya Doctorian, director of photography at The State in Columbia, S.C.,
will discuss how to manage a photo staff and to maintain staff morale. She will
use photos taken by her staff to illustrate her points. A 1984 graduate of the
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Doctorian coordinated the Pictures
of the Year Competition, and was national coordinator of the NPPA Flying Short
Course in 1993 and 1994. She is a member of the NPPA Council of Picture Editors.
She has served as director of photography at the Knoxville News-Sentinel and as a
staff photographer at the Tampa Tribune.
Don Doll, S.J., is a professor of fine arts,
photography, at Creighton University and holder of the Heider Jesuit Faculty Chair.
He has worked on assignment for National Geographic, and has been a frequent participant
in the "Day in the Life" projects. Fr. Doll has had three books of his photographs published,
the most recent being, "Vision
Quest: Men, Women & Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation."
Fr. Doll will talk about his documentary photo projects and book publishing.
Bill Eppridge has been a contract photographer for Sports Illustrated since
1974 and was a staff photographer for LIFE until it ceased weekly publication in
1972. He has covered everything from political campaigns to African wildlife. His recent
book, "Robert Kennedy: The Last Campaign," has been widely
acclaimed.
John Freidah will talk about working at a small to medium-sized daily newspaper,
with an emphasis on getting to know the community and serving its needs. He will address
how to maintain interest and excitement on the job in a small-town environment. Freidah,
31, joined the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., in 1991.
The New York City native is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.
His previous newspaper experience includes freelance/internships at the Flint
(Mich.) Journal, the Peoria Journal-Star, the New York Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Kari Rene Hall, a Los Angeles Times photographer since 1980, will present a
multiple-projector AV presentation called "Beyond the Killing Fields," based on her
1992 Aperture book by the same name. Hall has traveled to Vietnam and Thailand on
assignment for The Times and has taken a special interest in covering Cambodia,
Vietnamese, Montagnard and Cham refugee communities in the United States. Hall's
photographs of Cambodian refugees won NPPA's 1991 documentary competition. The
images were also included in the FORCED OUT exhibit at the Los Angeles Municipal
Art Gallery which is currently traveling internationally. The California native is a
graduate of California State University.
Marcel Saba started in the photo agency business at Gamma Liaison as
a "go-fer" and worked his way up to second in command. In 1986 he became an editor at Picture Group,
eventually being promoted to deputy editor. In 1989, he started his own agency in New York.
Through alliances with independent agencies in Europe, Saba Press Photos now
handles assignments and stock sales on a global basis. The agency represents 20 photographers based in the
U.S. and abroad.
Ron Tarver earned degrees in graphic
arts and journalism at Northeastern Oklahoma State University. He held staff photographer
positions at the Muskogee (Okla.) Daily Phoenix, the Springfield (Mo.) News and
Leader before joining the Philadelphia Inquirer, where his documentary works are
often featured in the paper's Sunday magazine. His project documenting the lives
of African American cowboys across the country was published as a five-part series
in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and he continues to work on it with the support
of The National Geographic Society, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and
other corporate sponsors. Tarver will use images from his cowboy project to
demonstrate "life for your photos beyond the newspaper." He will offer advice
on how to get grants, exhibits and book projects.
Donald R. Winslow will speak on
the importance of newspaper photographers and picture editors getting involved in
creating a home for photojournalism in cyberspace. Winslow is the Online
Manager/Photographic for Reuters NewMedia Inc., in Reston, Va. In his
recently created position, Winslow is responsible for all of Reuters'
image products online and multimedia environments. He has been a picture editor,
page designer, graphics editor and book designer. He has worked at the
Pittsburgh Press, the Palm Beach Post and the Milwaukee Sentinel.