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Brooks Institute in Ventura Closing

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Brooks Institute, a visual arts school whose alumni include Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners, is permanently closing Oct. 31.

The school blames “changes in economic and regulatory conditions” for the closure, attorney Aaron Lacey told a group of roughly 85 students, faculty and staff who attended a meeting Friday called by owner Gphomestay.
— http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/ventura/brooks-institute-in-ventura-closing-39e445ff-c87c-537a-e053-0100007fabdd-390012681.html

The cast against the media - by the media

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For decades, the pollsters at Gallup have been asking Americans if they trust their media. In 1974, the year Woodward and Bernstein brought an end to Richard Nixon’s presidency, 69 percent of them did. In a poll released last year, that number was at a historic low. Today, the only institutions Americans have less faith in than television news (21 percent) and newspapers (20 percent) are Congress and “big business.” That’s pretty damn low — humiliatingly low, especially for a group of people who fancy themselves members of “the Fourth Estate.” (For those of you who have never worked in the media, which is basically the only place anyone would still use that 18th-century term: It refers to the power of the press to balance that of the three estates — clergy, aristocracy, and the well-to-do — in the British Parliament.) The other three estates don’t really exist in 21st-century America, but the fourth’s high opinion of its role in the body politic has been pretty constant.
— http://www.tvnewsinsider.com/story/the-cast-against-the-media-by-the-media/

NPR Photographer, Interpreter Killed In Afghanistan

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David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who chronicled pain and beauty in war and conflict, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday along with NPR’s Afghan interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna.

David and Zabihullah were on assignment for the network traveling with an Afghan army unit. They were in an armored Humvee driven by a soldier of the Afghan National Army. All three were killed after the Humvee was hit by rocket propelled grenades in an apparent ambush.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva were also in the convoy, traveling in a separate vehicle. They were not injured.

Tom reports that when the journalists’ remains arrived by helicopter at Camp Shorab in Helmand Province — where the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division has a training mission — an honor guard of “dozens and dozens” of U.S. soldiers stood at attention and saluted.

David was 50 and Zabihullah, who for years also worked as a photographer, was 38.
— http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/05/480859153/npr-photographer-interpreter-killed-in-afghanistan

A look back at Kodak’s awkward first steps into digital photojournalism, the NC2000-series

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Charges Dropped Against French Photographer

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Paris-based Photojournalist Maya Vidon-White on Saturday called it “good news for photojournalism.” But in a New York Times article, she is quoted as saying: “I don’t feel a total sense of relief.” Vidon-White was facing criminal charges in France for a photo she took of a victim of the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, which was then sold to United Press International (UPI), a news agency, which in turn sold it to a French news agency. The image was ultimately published in a French magazine. The victim’s family pressed charges under the nation’s privacy laws, which are much stricter than U.S. laws.
— https://fstoppers.com/legal/charges-dropped-against-french-photographer-131899

Man, woman arrested, face felony charges in beating of Daily Press photographer

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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies announced Tuesday they arrested a man they believe attacked a Daily Press photographer while he was on assignment last week at Hesperia Lake.
Steven Andrew Mancillas, 20, of Hesperia, turned himself in to the Hesperia Sheriff’s Station on Tuesday afternoon. Deputies said a woman, identified as Erika Aliyah Ochoa, 21, of Hesperia, also was arrested in connection to the incident, while a third suspect remains at large.
— http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20160517/man-woman-arrested-face-felony-charges-in-beating-of-daily-press-photographer

Monthly Contest Voting Changes

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Voting in the monthly clip contest has now opened up to all members! A new website has been setup where members can view and vote on images entered each month.

For members entering their photos into the contest nothing has changed. They have from the 1st-15th every month to enter photos from the previous months. 

After the entry deadline voting opens up to members for the following 15 days. 

Visit http://contests.ppagla.org to see entries, register, and learn how to vote.

Contact us for with any questions or help with the new website.

Just One More News Photo Exhibition | May 17, 2016

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Organized by Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles (PPAGLA) and California Media Club, “Just One More: US-China News Photo Exhibition” featuring more than 150 pictures from PPAGLA members and Chinese photojournalists included the Pulitzer and World Press Photo winning masterpieces and historical photos dating back to the 1930s.


The Opening Ceremony of “2016 Just One More: US-China News Photo Exhibition” on May 17th, 2016, at 7 pm at The China Press Exhibition Hall (2121 W. Mission Road, Alhambra, CA 91803.)

 

This Weekend: 2-Day DSLR Video Workshop from Nikon

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Students Say Free Speech Is Alive, With One Big Exception

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The college campus, long a home to spirited protests and expressions of provocative opinions, can also be home to safe spaces, trigger warnings, news media restrictions and rules about what can be written in chalk on the sidewalks.

But most students don’t believe that their First Amendment rights are under attack, according to a new Gallup survey: 73 percent said they thought their freedom of speech was secure.
— http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/us/students-say-free-speech-is-alive-with-one-big-exception.html?hpw&rref=us&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

Baton Rouge reporter arrested while trying to obtain public records

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Police detained WBRZ reporter Chris Nakamoto while Nakamoto was pursuing a story on town government operations Wednesday.

Nakamoto was put in handcuffs, escorted to the police department and written a misdemeanor summons. The summons was written for an alleged violation of statute 14:63, remaining after being forbidden.
— http://www.wbrz.com/news/leaders-avoid-questions-nakamoto-escorted-away-in-handcuffs-given-summons/

PPAGLA 80th Anniversary Show

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Drescher Hall
Santa Monica College, 
 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
March 5, 2016 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Pulitzers

·  Prize winning images from PPAGLA members including work by Vietnam era photographers Nick Ut and David Hume Kennerly

Student winners.

·   Student Photojournalist of the Year award winners from the last decade dominated by the SMC Corsair News photographers.
·  Results of SMC photojournalism contest judged by LA Times editors.

PPAGLA 2014 Year End winners
·   First place contest images from area professionals.

Photos from the historical archive and TV News Winners

Contact:  Gerard Burkhart, Corsair News Photo Adviser, burkhart_gerard@smc.edu

PPAGLA Awards Luncheon

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PPAGLA invites you and your family to our annual awards luncheon on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Almansor Court in Alhambra. Come see the best of photojournalism from the last year, win great raffle prizes, and end the day with a putt-putt golf event sponsored by Nikon. 

Invitations are in the mail and will arrive to you soon.

PPAGLA Santa Monica College Photojournalism Competition

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South Carolina Lawmaker Wants to Set Up Journalist Registry

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