Mission Statement

It is the purpose and function of the Kentucky News Photographer’s Association, a non-profit organization, to promote and advance photojournalism in practice and ideology in both still and video mediums across the Commonwealth.
The KNPA is an accredited member of the National Press Photographer’s Association.

KNPA Officers and Regional Directors

•    President: Scott Utterback, Louisville Courier-Journal
•    Vice President: Joe Imel, Daily News
•    Treasurer: Marcella Johnson, Louisville Courier-Journal
•    Secretary: Miranda Pederson, Daily News
•    Region 1 Director: James Wallace, Louisville Courier-Journal
•    Region 2 Director: Clay Jackson, Danville Advocate Messenger
•    Region 3 Director: Drew Cook, WAVE-TV
•    Region 4 Director: Neal Cardin, Elizabethtown New Enterprise
•    Region 5 Director: Danny Vowell, Hopkinsville New Era

NPPA Region 4 Officers

•    Director
Denny Simmons
Evansville Courier & Press
300 E Walnut
Evansville IN 47713
800/288-3200 x457 work
812/490-0186 home
812/457-2663 cell
den4life@yahoo.com
•    Associate Director
Rodney Paul Curtis
Detroit Free Press
(313) 222-6859
rcurtis@freepress.com
•    Clip Chair
Cecelia Hanley
Evansville Courier & Press
300 E Walnut St
Evansville IN 47713
812/464-7513 work
CAHanley@aol.com
•    TV Chairs
Stephen Richard
WHAS-TV
520 W Chestnut
Louisville, KY 40202
502/582-7220 work
srichard@whas11.com
•    William (Bill) Krupka
WWMT-TV
590 W Maple St
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269/388-9339 work
269/388-8322 fax
billkrup@wwmt.com
•    JIB Chairman
Doug McSchooler
7909 Red Sunset Way
Avon, IN 46123
Doug@McSchooler.com