The White House News Photographers' Association - WHNPA - The White House News Photographers' Association - and the Corcoran college of Art and Design collaborate to create photojournalism program - Brief Article

Afterimage, March, 2001

The White House News Photographers' Association (WHNPA) and the Corcoran College of Art and Design announced they are joining together in an educational collaboration. The WHNPA is Washington's leader in photojournalism while the Corcoran College is its oldest professional art school. The idea of collaboration began when the Corcoran launched a program in January 2000 called "FOCUS on Photojournalists"--a bi-annual six-day symposium led by award-winning White House photojournalists.

This fall the Corcoran introduced an undergraduate BFA degree program in photojournalism with members of the WHNPA as faculty. "Our partnership with the Corcoran is a great opportunity to work together to broaden the reach and impact of photojournalism in this country" said Kevin T. Gilbert, WHNPA President. "The Corcoran is an organization that recognizes photojournalism as art and journalism. It also understands the historical importance of photography while keeping an educated eye on the medium's future as we progress in the di gital age."