Life Member Don S. Mathews dies

ONPA Life Member Don S. Mathews died Monday in Newark at age 88.Mathews worked at the Newark Advocate for eight years and was a reporter/photographer at The Columbus Dispatch for 25 years. Mathews obituary in the Newark Advocate today states that Mathews was the first...

Odds ‘n ends on a Pulitzer Monday

The Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism were announced this afternoon. Patrick Farrell from The Miami Herald was the winner in Breaking News Photography for his photographs of Hurricane Ike’s devastation in Haiti. Damon Winter from the New York Times was the winner...

Keystone Multimedia Workshop registration open

Former ONPA member Curt Chandler, who is now teaching multimedia reporting at Penn State University, shares news of the upcoming Keystone Multimedia Workshop to be held June 4 – 7 at State College, PA.Participants can choose a track that focuses on producing...

Convention wrap-up

As an ONPA member I always looked forward to the annual educational seminar and since becoming an officer always look forward to seeing it in my rearview mirror.Even when you’re not doing all the work there is always a worry that something will go wrong. Convention...

Multi-tasking in the field

Once again Associated Press photographer Tony Dejak has found a worthy subject by directing a camera towards a news gatherer as opposed to a newsmaker. This time around his victim was Plain Dealer photographer Marvin Fong who was juggling a cell phone, an umbrella and...