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Journal-isms May 11

Chris Carlson won "Best of Show" and first prize in the "professional campaign/election" category http://www.fotoweekdc.org/

"Fotobama" Exhibit Displays Obama Photo Winners

"A new exhibit at the Newseum features the top 100 professional and amateur photographs selected from a field of more than 1,500 related to the historic presidency of Barack Obama," the Freedom Forum’s Washington museum about news announced¬†on Monday. "Campaign, election and inauguration photographs were entered into the 2009 FOTOBAMA international competition, sponsored by the Newseum and FOTOWEEK DC.

"Obama can be seen body-surfing during a campaign break in Hawaii, shedding a tear for his late grandmother at a campaign rally and embracing his wife, Michelle, after the election night victory. Images from inauguration week depict not only official events, but also the outpouring of emotion from the millions who came to the nation’s capital to witness the beginning of a historic presidency.

"Photographs have been divided into two categories: Presidential Campaign and Election (covering photographs from Jan. 1, 2007, through Jan. 14, 2009) and Inauguration Week (Jan. 15-21, 2009). For each category, first and second place professional and first and second place amateur winners have been selected, for a total of eight awards. In addition, a ‘Best in Show’ prize has been awarded to a single image."

The FOTOBAMA opened on Thursday.

Black Papers Want Some of Stimulus Money

"Black publishers of the National Newspaper Publishing Association (NNPA) are concerned that there is nothing ‘designed’ in President Barack Obama‚Äôs $787 billion stimulus package to do business with struggling black newspapers in this flailing economy," Cash Michaels wrote¬†for the Wilmington (N.C.) Journal.

‚Äú’While we publishers wholeheartedly applaud the president‚Äôs efforts of making certain economically devastated communities of color are able to benefit from the billions of dollars within the stimulus package, it is unclear whether any of the money has been earmarked to otherwise help educate the very communities serviced by the Black media, as well as how they are to access the myriad of opportunities,‚Äù NNPA Board Chairman John B. Smith, Sr. wrote in an April 23 letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm [Emanuel]; President Obama‚Äôs Special Advisor Valerie Jarrett, and U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

"With opportunities to use the proven outreach mechanism of NNPA‚Äôs more than 200 Black-owned newspapers to educate those in need on how to take advantage of the money flowing into their communities, Chairman Smith, publisher of the Atlanta Inquirer, added that the omission of the Black Press from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was ‘most disheartening and perplexing.’"

Last week, Lee sided with the publishers in a letter to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who chaired a hearing on the future of journalism.

"Too often African American newspapers and radio stations are underrepresented when it comes to receiving federal government advertising dollars," she wrote. "I am also concerned that black-owned media outlets are (not) being utilized by federal agencies tasked with distributing the $787 billion recovery package or by corporations, banks, and auto companies receiving bailout money."

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