Fernandez named President of PPAGLA
January 27 - The PPAGLA Board of Directors has named its Board Officers for 2012 year. David Fernandez was appointed President of PPAGLA and replaces Bob Riha, Jr. who will become Chairman of the Board. Fernandez will be President 2012-2014. Paul Buck was named Vice-President, Edna Simpson - Treasurer and Diandra Jay as Secretary.
The Officers were named at the Old Board/New Board dinner Wednesday night.
ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN!
January 13 - The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles is pleased to annouce the results of our recent Election to the PPAGLA Board of Directors for 2012-14 Term.
The top (5) vote-getters and upcoming Board Members are: Edna Simpson, Gerard Burkhart, Jim Ruebsamen, Arturo Quezada and Bob Bessolo, with three-Alternates: Alternate 1 is Mario Anzuoni, Alternate 2 Alan Madden, Alternate 3 Louis Gabriele.
Congratulations to each of you!
Sadness to share on Christmas Day
Art Rogers, an award-winning longtime PPAGLA member and former Los Angeles Times photographer best known for his sports coverage, has died. He was 93. Rogers, suffered a heart attack Dec. 16, died Tuesday in a skilled nursing facility near his home in Morro Bay, Calif., said his grandson, Jerry Rogers.
"Art Rogers is one of the great 4x5 Speed Graphic photogs", says longtime friend and PPAGLA member Bill Beebe. "One of his all-time great photos, 'Hairport' showed a long line of jackrabbits, their ears stuck up, along the old Mines Field Airport, the precursor of LAX", he added.
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NYPD: "Obligations to Cooperate with the Media"
November 23 - After a Meeting Wednesday with several media attorneys, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly ordered that a 'Finest' message be disseminated reminding officers of their obligations to cooperate with the media and will be read at 10 consecutive roll calls citywide, the NPPA Advocacy Committee reports.
The meeting was held after complaints by media organizations about the way police mishandled the media during the 'eviction' of Zucotti Park, the home of months of Occupy Wall Street protests where some journalists were arrested and at the receiving end of 'force' by police officers. For full story go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/nyregion/new-york-police-are-ordered-t...
http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2011/11/23/nypd-finest-message/
PPAGLA: Call for Entries
The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles has announced that Contest entries may now be submitted for end of year still and video contests. Contest rules and submission requirements can be found within the Contests category at the top of this page. Still photographs and video entries must have been photographed between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.
The Awards will be presented at the PPAGLA Annual Awards Dinner to be held on March 24, 2012.
PPAGLA Requests Names for Board of Directors Ballot
November 5 - The Official PPAGLA Board of Directors Ballot will be mailed out in the next several weeks to voting members as PPAGLA begins our 76th Anniversary in 2012. At this time, the PPAGLA Board of Directors is requesting members to contact us if you would like to become a Board Member and to have your name added to the Official Ballot. If interested, please contact PPAGLA Chairman of the Board John McCoy at: johnephoto@aol.com or PPAGLA President Bob Riha Jr. at: rihaphoto@aol.com - by November 30, 2011. You may nominate yourself or another individual to the ballot, with permission first obtained of the member you would like to nominate.
Messinger hit by Airplane
October 20 - PPAGLA member and past president Joe Messinger was knocked to the ground and rendered unconscious by an out-of-control airplane Tuesday afternoon at Roseburg Regional Airport in Roseburg, Orgeon. Messinger, an avid pilot was watching his 'hanger neighbor' Paul Schafer, 66 begin to crank the engine to his 1947 Aeronica Champion airplane when it fired up and roared to life! Messinger is fine with a great story to tell.
Messinger was knocked to the ground by the airplane as it spun around out-of-control and was knocked out. "We were just testing the engine when it started and took off", Messinger said. "I got knocked to the ground by the tail-section and the next thing I remember is waking up in the ambulance. Life is wierd and cozy up here in Roseburg, population about 21,000 - it's lovely"
