We will be making WPOW buttons and assembling the reviewer gift bags. This event was so much fun last year, and is open to all WPOW members and friends.

We will have sparkling water, champagne and charcuterie to share.

Please RSVP to sarah@womenphotojournalists.org

Sept. 16th, 2024 at 6:30-9:30pm in Takoma Park, Md.

WPOW is proud to launch our 2024 Mentorship Program sponsored by Nikon. The program will provide networking and practical advice for women working to advance their skills and careers in photojournalism and documentary photography.

Mentees have been selected and notified via email and are invited to join us at the launch party from 6-8pm at Lost Origins Gallery on July 31st! The launch party is open to 2024 mentors and mentees only.

We will have three talented political photojournalists – Valerie Plesch, Anna Moneymaker, and Elizabeth Frantz – share their experiences and advice photographing at the White House and on the hill.

One of our last stops was Indiana University by WPOW co-director Allison Shelley.

Allison’s visit included a public lecture in the gorgeous Media School atrium attended by the dean, associate dean and director of journalism plus other faculty and students, a meet and greet at the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, a portfolio critique with a recently graduated photojournalism student, and dinner with seven journalism faculty members.

From Associate Professor of Journalism James D. Kelly, “One of my students in my Global Journalism course who attended the lecture this morning is planning a reporting trip to Botswana this winter and said she learned much from Allison about the relationship a reporter must establish with a source in a foreign culture. She said she feels much better prepared now.”

Huge thanks to our Speaker Series sponsors Sony and the Philip and Edith Leonian Foundation and to our Traveling Exhibition print sponsor Canon.

Next stop for the WPOW Speaker Series: Southern Illinois University with WPOW member Anna Rose Layden.

One of the best parts of this program is our focus on small group and one-on-one meetings— we even dedicate part of our budget towards hosting students/staff for coffee or a meal. We believe that it fosters the kind of familiarity that leads to candid conversations about what we do (and what the next steps might be for a budding talent).

In addition to speaking in classes, Anna was able to toast the opening of the WPOW Traveling Exhibition at the SIU School of Journalism and Advertising at a cafe beforehand with a handful of students.

“I think it was impactful for the students to see a young person working in an environment with such massive characters, and to be told that it's possible for themselves,” says Anna Rose. “I came from a much larger university. To spend time with students in a much smaller program, in a town I had never heard of, listening to their ideas and the work that they cared about was inspiring to me and a good reminder that anyone can do what we do, if given the encouragement and opportunity.”

The WPOW Speaker Series sends a WPOW member to one of the ten colleges and universities where our traveling exhibition is hung each year to inaugurate the exhibition, show their own work and speak to students about the craft of visual journalism. We believe that connecting professionals with budding visual journalists is the best way to demystify the career path and provide a bridge to the profession we are so passionate about.

Huge thanks to our Speaker Series sponsors Sony and the Philip and Edith Leonian Foundation and to our Traveling Exhibition print sponsor Canon.

The WPOW Speaker Series is off and running with our first stop at Colorado Mountain College by WPOWer Leigh Vogel! The series sends a WPOW member to one of the ten colleges and universities where our traveling exhibition is hung each year to inaugurate the exhibition, show their own work and speak to students about the craft of visual journalism. We believe that connecting professionals with budding visual journalists is the best way to demystify the career path and provide a bridge to the profession we are so passionate about.

Leigh: "Giving guidance on topics such as speaking with editors, what to research before going in to a pitch meeting, and considering finances and personal health, seem to help them gain perspective and confidence… They sometimes just need to hear about what we experience on a daily basis to help them take next steps.”

Huge thanks to our Speaker Series sponsors Sony and the Philip and Edith Leonian Foundation and to our traveling exhibition print sponsor Canon.

WPOW Members and prospective members are invited to our fourth and final quarterly meeting of 2023. Our speaker, Melissa Lyttle, is an award-winning visual independent journalist who will discuss her career and insights about the industry. Attendees will also have the chance to win a new Think Tank bag at this event!

This is a private event for WPOW members only. If you are a member, you will receive an email about this Quarterly Meeting with the address of the event, so please keep an eye on your inbox.

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Melissa Lyttle is a two-time International Women's Media Foundation fellow. She has worked on the US-Mexico border in both Ciudad Juárez and Nogales, Sonora. Her work has been recognized by UNICEF, POYi, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Southern Short Course, the Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, and the Alexia Foundation student grant. She also won an Emmy for a short film, and is proud to have served on the board of the National Press Photographers Association for seven years, including two as president.

WPOW's 17th Annual Photography and Multimedia Exhibition will open to members and the public on November 11 from 2-5 p.m. in the Lost Origins outside gallery space in the alley next to Ellē restaurant (3221 Mount Pleasant St NW, Washington, D.C.). Please join us for a celebration of this event in the outdoor cabana at Ellē.

The Exhibition features standout photography by WPOW members in 2023. These images were created by 25 visual journalists, including Best in Show Pro winner Erin Schaff and Student Best in Show winner Allison Robbert.

🗓 Saturday, Nov. 11th, 2-5 p.m.

📍 Lost Origins Gallery and Ellē Restaurant (Washington, D.C.)

Keren Carrión is a photojournalist and video producer with the NPR visuals team in Washington, D.C., who will discuss with us her work and career as a visual journalist.

She graduated from The George Washington University in 2019 with a BFA in Photojournalism. She spent two years as a photojournalist for NPR's affiliate station in Dallas through Report for America. Previously, she worked with CNN as a video editor in Atlanta, and has interned with USA Today, Univision, The Hill, and the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. Keren is originally from Puerto Rico and has a passion for telling Latinx stories.

Drinks and snacks are provided, and members are encouraged to bring a dish to share.

Thank you to Nikon for sponsoring our WPOW Quarterly Meetings, and to Lost Origins for hosting us!

Celebrate the cooler temperatures with an end of summer WPOW happy hour! Everyone is invited to join us for drinks and bites in the garden at Hook Hall in Park View.

Hook Hall (3400 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC)