Nashville BOP Video Workshop & Awards

We’ve been wanting to bring you all here for this NPPA Best of Video Photojournalism Contest workshop to be inspired, learn and celebrate... since 2019. It means the world that you showed up this weekend. That you asked questions. That you critiqued your peers. I can’t begin to express my gratitude!! Keep this going.. it doesn’t have to stop June 6th and wait for the next get together. Keep critiquing, keep asking, keep talking.

As for today… like we learned from Michael DelGiudice, go find some little victories on your next assignment!!

Thank you all.

- Catherine & Mike

Good morning…! What a fabulous day yesterday! Enjoy breakfast on your own this morning and we will have coffee brewing this morning at the WTVF NewsChannel 5 studio. If you are attending this mornings sessions, it’s important that you be there between 9-9:30 because of the security gates. Otherwise it may take us a while for us to get you. Can’t wait to see you!

Here we go!! Mickey Osterreicher is here. Matt Pearl & Justin McCray are here. This is going to be a good day!

**FOR THOSE WITH CARS** whether you are staying at the TownePlace Suites or not, we have a WTVF parking lot that will be available to you - very walkable to all the venues Saturday & Sunday. It’s gorgeous out.. you’ll want to walk around.  The gate will be up after 6pm tonight. 

Dang look at that blue sky.

A REMINDER for Sunday -- if you will be taking part in our Sunday sessions at the NewsChannel 5 studios, *even if you will not be getting anything critiqued* you need to sign up here so the station knows the names of the people coming to visit. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YKctK3DnXKp2Tr0dqGJ1Ls-9YJJmRgz4m87TYBkQiDA/

ALSO, if you are getting work critiqued, please remember to bring either a link or USB/hard drive of your work so we can quickly get to watching your stories! Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow and Sunday!

Sunday Signup Sheet Sheet1 NPPA Worshop Sunday Breakout Session Sign Up Sheet,Sunday Attendance: John Hyjek 9:00am - Welcome and registration,Mike Rose Catherine Steward Critique session breakouts + Q&A w/ Speakers,Paul Lambert Justin Green 9:30-10:20,10:30-11:20...

Looking good for arrivals courtesy WTVF’s Sky 5! Musicians Hall of Fame (awards banquet), WTVF studios (Sunday breaksout session) and Towne Place Suites (where most are staying) are marked up. TN State Museum (in chopper monitor) is just a few walkable blocks to the North.

🍻🍻We'll be at Von Elrod's in Germantown (close to the venues) Friday around 8p!!🍻🍻

Lots of indoor/outdoor space. Lots of beer.

Can't wait to see all of you!!!

Von Elrod's Beer Hall & Kitchen | Nashville, Tennessee Von Elrod’s is a larger-than-life Germantown restaurant with 36 taps, a beer hall dining, weekend brunch & an outdoor beer garden. Enjoy a stein today!

Off to a great start. Anyone have a HDMI cable? 🤠

And the winner is.....

Bob Gould & Shawn Montano are bringing some important Best of Video Photojournalism paperwork to Nashville Saturday!