6:05 p.m. - August 1, 2007 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA - The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River killing at least four people and leaving several more missing. The photo staff at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Bruce Bisping, David Brewster, David Denney, Elizabeth Flores, Jim Gehrz, Brian Peterson, Renee Jones Schneider, Richard Tsong-Taatarii and Jeff Wheeler immediately went 'camera ready'. Even DP Peter Koeleman cut his vacation short to bring the story back in pictures. "The Star Tribune always goes the extra mile and comes through with top quality photo journalism" said ZUMA Press CEO Scott Mc Kiernan.
ZUMA Press is the exclusive picture agent for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Please contact Trish Murphy by email: Trish@ZUMApress.com or call 949.481.3747

August 8, 2007 - Washington, DC - Renaissance Hotel - 1 PM - Panel on Future of Journalism - Join ZUMA Founder Scott Mc Kiernan at AEJMC Convention Program for the 90th Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. For Panel: Industry Leaders Confronting Convergence. Moderating/Presiding: Jack Zibluk, Arkansas State. Panelists: Linda Epstein, photo editor, McClatchy -Tribune Washington Bureau. Gail Fisher, senior photo/illustrations editor, National Geographic; former multimedia photo editor, Los Angeles Times. Seth Gitner, multimedia editor, The Roanoke Times. Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder, independent picture wire service ZUMA Press. Deborah Potter, executive director, Newslab; former correspondent, CBS + CNN. Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, managing editor, washingtonpost.com. Both the status quo and the future of media convergence concern newsroom leaders today. What are the industry's expectations of future journalists? Leaders in the field will discuss the big picture, how their operations work now, and how they expect those newsrooms to work in the coming years.
ABOUT Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - AEJMC International organization providing journalism educators relevant links to resources to help them create, revise or improve their web-based courses For more go to: http://www.aejmc.org

August 17-19 2007 - Austin, TX - Hyatt Regency Town Lake - NPPA Women in Photojournalism Conference - How will you survive in today's changing newsroom? Will you be left behind or learn what it takes to keep up with the changes? Speakers will include Pauline Lubens, The San Jose Mercury News; Melissa Lyttle, The St. Petersburg Times and creator of "APhotoaDay"; Preston Gannaway, The Concord Monitor;and April Saul, The Philadelphia Inquirer.

• This conference is not "FOR WOMEN" only. It is open to everyone.

• The conference features a full weekend of compelling and useful workshops.

• This conference features the best photojournalists in the country.

• Workshops are intended to give everyone tools to go back to their newspaper and put what they learn to work.

• Portfolio critiques will be offered.