NPPA members are constantly exposed to such educational learning opportunities. Photo by Brad Smith. According to the NPPA bylaws, the membership consists of professional news photographers and others whose occupation has a direct professional relationship with photojournalism.
Photojournalism is defined as the art of news communication by visual image.
Any member who ceases to work as a photojournalist but who continues in some other capacity in the field of news photography may retain his present classification, or his classification prior to reinstatement. The committee on membership shall have final authority regarding all classification matters. As of the fall of 2000, NPPA had nearly 9,200 professional members worldwide and 750 student members in both television and still photography. The mission of News Photographer magazine, the leading magazine of the photojournalism profession, is to support the efforts of the National Press Photographers Association in its role as the voice of the photojournalist by communicating news, identifying trends, delineating issues, and providing information, and recognizing the work of photojournalists. The magazine comes out monthly.