• ICYMI, last week the NPPA permanently lowered the student membership rate to $25. Student membership is open to full-time enrollees at universities, colleges or high schools who are studying or aspiring toward a career in the field of visual journalism or related disciplines and comes with all the privileges of a professional membership.

• Good deeds out there? Our annual NPPA award nomination process is open year-round and is meant to honor those who have supported visual journalism and visual journalists or contributed to our profession. You don’t have to be a member to submit nominations, nor does the nominee have to be a member. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 15, 2024.

• "SPJ congratulates photojournalists in historic settlement with NYPD" - Editor & Publisher

• "Photojournalists and NPPA Achieve Historic Settlement with the NYPD" - PetaPixel

•  "NY attorney general and civil liberties groups reach 'landmark agreement' with NYPD over protest responses during 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations" - CNN

• "Major Settlement Aims To Change NYPD's Protest Response" - Law360

"Every day, I strive to find a new way to look at scenes of Frederick County life. Though I have been almost everywhere in the county, I always look for a new perspective on these places. I love how with photojournalism and photography, you can photograph something multiple times, and there are still countless ways to capture it." - Katina Zentz

• Nancy Buirski, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose eye was honed as a still photographer and picture editor, died last month. She was 78.

• Linda Gregory, a Kansas high school sports photographer, died last week after she was accidentally hit by football players on the sidelines of a game and fell backward, hitting her head on a concrete apron. She was 69.

• The du Cille Fellowship, a $15,000 award honoring the memory of Michel du Cille, a dedicated photojournalist who died in 2014 while covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia. The deadline to apply is Oct. 5.

• The Alan Hagman Grant, a $5,000 award named for the late Los Angeles Times photo editor who served as a mentor and championed the work of photojournalists throughout his career. The grant is offered annually to facilitate projects ranging from human rights to environmental issues. A creative approach to important stories that might otherwise go untold is highly valued. The Hagman Grant is supported by donations from Alan’s family, friends and the photojournalism community. The deadline to apply is Nov. 5.

• The $4,000 Bob and Millie Lynn Grant, awarded annually to a photojournalist to aid in creating and executing a significant project that will shed light on important social issues. Lynn’s strong belief is that “our profession has a long history of helping to make a difference.” The deadline to apply is Nov. 30.

• Students, enter the 78th College Photographer of the Year competition. Entry is free. The deadline is Sept. 18.

• Wrong Side Of The Lens, an episodic documentary series on street photography featuring 18+ photographers, debuts on Sept. 19 at Anthology Film in New York City. The premiere will feature a compilation preview of the entire episodic series followed by a showing of the late Jill Freedman’s full episode. After, there will be a Q&A featuring those involved with the project. Tickets are free and available through Eventbrite. The following day, the digital release drops on wrongsideofthelens.com. The photographers involved are: Jill Freedman, Daniel Arnold, Richard Sandler, Michelle Groskopf, Estevan Oriol, Ray “Hamburger Eyes” Potes, Matt Webber, Victor Llorente, Valerie J Bower, Julian Master, Sean Maung, Aaron Berger, Chris Voss, Jorge Garcia, Sebastian Siadecki, Mathias Wasik, Mark Beckenbach and Josh Ethan Johnson.

• Sara Terry, founder and director of The Aftermath Project, is holding open "office hours" ahead of this year's 1492/1619 American Aftermaths grant. Drop in starting at 9 a.m. PT the week of Sept. 25 and again the week of Oct. 23 to ask Terry about the grant, how to apply and what kind of projects fit with TAP's focus on the aftermaths of American colonialism and enslavement.

• The Society of Professional Journalists' convention is Sept. 28-30, in Las Vegas.

• The Prism Photo Workshop is seeking a part-time operations manager to begin work in November. The manager's primary task — in collaboration with Prism Photo Workshop co-directors — will be to handle communications and coordination for Prism's annual in-person workshop, ensuring that the community's needs are reflected in the educational programs offered while continuing work building community for Chicagoland photographers from diverse backgrounds. Apply by Oct. 1.
  

• The San Francisco Chronicle is accepting applications for its summer visuals internship. Applications are due by October 8.

• On Oct. 12, the Committee to Protect Journalists is hosting a panel discussion on learning how to navigate reportage photography at the Leica Store DC, led by CPJ Deputy Emergencies Director Kerry Paterson, alongside CPJ Deputy Director of Development Philip W. Eubanks. Attendees will learn more about the safety clinics offered by CPJ and gain expert advice on staying safe and protecting their physical and digital well-being, from photographing the everyday to the most challenging environments.

• Applications for the 44th annual $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography are open. An additional $10,000 grant will be awarded as a Fellowship, and a third entry will receive a $5,000 grant as special recognition by the judges. The deadline is Oct. 15.

• The 12th annual WPOW Seminar + Portfolio Review is Oct. 21, in person, at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University. Seminar speakers are Natalie Keyssar and Veda Shastri. Attendees will each receive three portfolio reviews, attendance to the speakers, and admission to the happy hour event after.

• The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic, two Gannett Co. newspapers, are seeking college students and new graduates for their annual Pulliam Fellowship. The deadline is Nov. 3.

• The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is seeking a leading photo or video journalist to serve as the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Visiting Professor of Visual Journalism.