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.