yo so i know a few friends of mine live in the northwest and sometimes i wish i did too, and if i did, i would make sure to check out the NPPA Multimedia Summit in Portland, OR. on June 1st and 2nd. That’s right folks, portland f’n oregon. part of god’s country. it looks like it’s going to be an excellent event and i know from checking out the lineup that there will be lots of very interesting and energetic discussion. seriously though. i don’t really like listening to other people all that much :), but i would def stop to listen to any of the speakers at this conference including:

> my editor Andrew DeVigal (multimedia editor, nytimes.com)

> my co-worker Judith Levitt (photo producer and fellow tarheel, nytimes.com)

> my former professor Rich Beckman (professor at University of North Caroliina)

> my former thesis committee member Tom Kennedy (multimedia editor, washingtonpost.com)

> my thesis interviewee Joe Weiss (formerly of newsandobserver.com and more recently soundslides.com)

> my good buddy Seth Gitner (roanoke.com)

> multimedia madman richard KOCI hernandez (mercurynewsphoto.com)

> the man with a company named after him brian storm (mediastorm.com)

and those are only the people i know… so i have no doubt that the other speakers are also on top of the game. according to gitner the the immersion workshop is filled, but both friday and saturday are open to anyone, which means you. and seth’s open for questions at sethgitner@sethgitner.com.