JOM Jr - June 2010

Celebrating 74 years of Press Photography in Southern California

Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles

June 2010, Volume 74, Number 3

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3President’s

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4Contest

Point Standings

5January/February

Contest Winners

6January

Contest Photos

8February

Contest Photos

SeCond PlaCe, feature, january: Five-year-old Rider Alexander Wood has some fun at Carousel Ranch a therapeutic horseback riding program for the disabled in Santa Clarita.

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Dear PPAGLA members:

It was a pleasant surprise and a great honor to be named the 2009 Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles Student Photographer of the Year. I am sure there were many talented and hard working students from Los Angeles also deserving of this prestigious award.

Thank you to all the Past Presidents and retired mem-bers who contributed the cash award. Thank you to Sara Moosbrugger, Nikon NPS for donating the camera.

The prize money will go a

long way towards my career goals. Now that I work for The Denver Post, a Nikon newspa-per, the D300s is exactly what I need.

I am very proud to be part of this organization and look forward to competing in the professional categories in the years to come.

Again, this is a great honor and thank you so much for supporting young photojour-nalists.

Sincerely,

Diego James RoblesStaff PhotographerThe Denver Post

PresiDent’s messAGe

New legal advisor for PPAGLABy Bob riha jr.PPAGLA President

The PPAGLA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that First Amendment and media attorney Jean-Paul Jassy, Bostwick & Jassy,

LLP, will be available to advise PPAGLA on legal/First Amendment issues that may arise. Cases will be handled on a case-by-case basis where legal consultation and guidance is requested. “I am honored to represent PPAGLA on general advice matters,” Jassy said.

In addition, Jassy has also been repre-senting PPAGLA’s interests regarding the upcoming new Los Angeles Police Depart-ment’s Media Identification Policy, which will begin in 2011 and announced in upcom-ing JOM Jr. and PPAGLA website.

Jean-Paul Jassy is an experienced litiga-tor at all levels, ranging from document-intensive, multi-million dollar business disputes to free speech and free press cases before the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of California. For more than a decade, Jean-Paul typically has repre-sented media and entertainment companies with free press, free speech and copyright concerns. He also has extensive experience representing small, mid-sized and large com-panies in business disputes and appeals.

The publishers of Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics call Jean-Paul “one of the top First Amendment and media at-torneys” in Southern California, and, for the

fifth consecutive year, have recognized him as a “Rising Star” — a peer-reviewed honor given to only 2.5 percent of attorneys in Southern California — in the fields of First Amendment/media/advertising law, general litigation and appellate law.

Jassy’s work has been discussed in American Lawyer, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal and many other publications. He is often called upon to offer expert commentary on First Amendment and media law issues.

“Our Association is very fortunate to have access to Jean-Paul Jassy and his first-class knowledge of First Amendment-related issues,” says John McCoy, PPAGLA Chairman of the Board and past-president. “He will bring an added level of integrity to our board of directors and association as a whole. When our members feel their First Amendment rights have been trampled, I hope they will contact Mr. Jassy,” McCoy said.

Jassy has served as an adjunct profes-sor of law at the University of Southern California Law School (teaching Constitu-tional Law II – First Amendment law) and at Southwestern University Law School (teaching a course on the law of defamation, privacy and publicity). He also served for four years as a regular course instructor at UCLA Extension teaching legal and ethical issues in journalism, a required course for a journalism certificate.

Jean-Paul has authored many articles on First Amendment, privacy and copyright is-

sues, including a law review article concern-ing secret recordings that he co-authored with Gary Bostwick (Flanagan’s Wake: Newsgatherers Navigate Uncertain Waters Following Flanagan v. Flanagan, 23 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 1 — 2002).

Jassy is co-chair of the California Chapter of the Media Law Resource Center (MLRC), a non-profit information clearinghouse that monitors developments in media law and First Amendment rights, and he is member-ship chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Communications Law, a national committee with more than 6,000 members focusing on legal counseling to traditional and electronic media and the telecommuni-cations industry.

He received a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School, where he was Chair of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program, and he has a B.A., with highest honors, in political science from the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley.

Jassy can be reached at: [email protected]

Welcome aboard Jean-Paul!

Sincerely,

Bob Riha, Jr.President, PPAGLA

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Point stAnDinGs

2010 Contest PointsthrouGh februAry 2010

Terry Pierson the Press-enterprise 95Mark Zaleski the Press-enterprise 80Hans Gutknecht los angeles daily news 80Stan Lim the Press-enterprise 80Keith Birmingham Pasadena Star-news 40John Valenzuela Inland Valley daily Bulletin 40Mark J. Terrill associated Press 30Will Lester Inland Valley daily Bulletin 20Watchara Phomicinda San Gabriel Valley tribune 5Christina House freelance 20Marilyn Chung the desert Sun 10Carlos Delgado freelance 10

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The first couple weeks in Iraq have gone by swimmingly. It took us a little bit of time for us to find a place to live, but we eventually settled in to two rooms that we are renting from an American-operated logistics company. It’s a pretty sweet deal actually — the town’s internet tower is on the roof, so we get free high speed internet. The “villa” also has daily maid service and a generator that provides us with electricity

24 hours a day. We definitely aren’t roughing it on this trip to Iraq!

The best-selling point on this apartment though was a bomb-sniffing, English Spaniel named Sam. This adorable brown-and-white dog is every-one’s friend. He spends most of his time sitting on your foot or perched up against your leg — that is until you give him an empty water bottle that will drive him absolutely crazy.

He gave us quite a scare the other day when he ran away though while out on a walk. He had gotten punished earlier for having an accident in the house and he is such an emotional dog that I think it went to his head. As soon as his owner looked away, he bolted. It took two days of almost constant searching before we found him. Someone called respond-ing to a sign we posted in the neighborhood and varying sto-

ries finally led us to him tied to a tree in someone’s driveway.

People can get up to $500 for a dog like that in this region and most people thought he was picked up to be sold. Luckily, we got him back for a $100 reward (they tried to get $150 saying that they bought him a chicken).

We are all very happy to have him back.

To read more from Jon’s blog, click here.

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monthLy Contest resuLts

jAnuAry 2010judGeS: Renee Fernandes, Director of Photography, Fresno Bee. Mark Crosse, Darrell Wong, Craig Kohlruss, John Walker and Eric Zamora.

sPorts

fIrSt PlaCeKeith BirminghamPasadena Star-News

SeCond PlaCeStan LimThe Press-Enterprise

thIrd PlaCeKeith Birmingham

Pasadena Star-News

honoraBle MentIonTerry PiersonThe Press-Enterprise

PortrAit

fIrSt PlaCeMark ZaleskiThe Press-Enterprise

SeCond PlaCeTerry PiersonThe Press-Enterprise

thIrd PlaCeMark ZaleskiThe Press-Enterprise


feAture

fIrSt PlaCeMark ZaleskiThe Press-Enterprise

SeCond PlaCeHans GutknechtLos Angeles Daily News

thIrd PlaCeTerry PiersonThe Press-Enterprise

honoraBle MentIonWatchara Phomicinda

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

news

fIrSt PlaCeStan Lim The Press-Enterprise


thIrd PlaCeHans GutknechtLos Angeles Daily News

honoraBle MentIonMark ZaleskiThe Press-Enterprise

februAry 2010judGeS: The Press Democrat; John Burgess, Kent Porter, Christopher Chung, Crista Jeremiason, Jeff Kan Lee, Mark Aronoff, and Director of Photog-raphy Chad Surmick.

feAture

fIrSt PlaCeStan LimThe Press-Enterprise


thIrd PlaCeMarilyn ChungThe Desert Sun

honoraBle MentIonWill LesterInland Valley Daily Bulletin

news

fIrSt PlaCeJohn ValenzuelaInland Valley Daily Bulletin

SeCond PlaCeHans GutknechtLos Angeles Daily News

thIrd PlaCe

John ValenzuelaInland Valley Daily Bulletin

honoraBle MentIonMark ZaleskiThe Press-Enterprise

PortrAit

fIrSt PlaCeHans Gutknecht Los Angeles Daily News

SeCond PlaCeChristina HouseFreelance

thIrd PlaCeTerry Pierson

The Press-Enterprise

sPorts

fIrSt PlaCeMark J. TerrillAssociated Press

SeCond PlaCeWill LesterInland Valley Daily Bulletin

thIrd PlaCeCarlos Delgado Freelance


honoraBle MentIon, newS, january: Haiti evacuees headed to the united States line up to board a C-17 that had delivered tents, showers and other supplies from u.S. bases. the March Air Reserve Base crew helped move more than 200 refugees orphans going to new families, u.S. citizens returning home, and Haitians leaving to join family elsewhere.

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Mark Zaleski/the Press-enterprise thIrd PlaCe, PortraIt, january: A Haitian boy sits in the cargo bay of a March Air Reserve Base C-17 aircraft. He was among 56 people, most of them children from an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, who were being evacuated to Orlando, Fla. to meet up with his adopted family.

Keith Birmingham/Pasadena Star-NewsthIrd PlaCe, SPortS, january: Flintridge Prep High School’s Jonathan Woo, right, fouls Pasa-dena Poly High School’s Daniel Wohl during a basketball game at Jan. 16.

Stan Lim/the Press-enterprisefIrSt PlaCe, newS, january: Agencies from the Rialto Fire Department, San Bernardino County Fire Department, and the Colton Fire Department help rescue a man and women after they were stranded in the water along the Santa Ana River trail near Riverside Avenue in Rialto.

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jAnuAry Contest Photos

Terry Pierson/the Press-enterprisethIrd PlaCe, feature, january: Employees separate large and small tires for the tire buffing machines at Rubber Trails & Surfaces before recycling the tires into ground cover, stepping stones, and many other items in Mentone on Jan. 13.

honoraBle MentIon, feature, january: A woman walks past the Covina Library during a downpour on Jan. 21, 2010.

Watchara Phomicinda/ San Gabriel Valley News

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februAry Contest Photos

Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily BulletinhonoraBle MentIon, feature, feBruary: the Air Force thunderbirds sore above Las Vegas Motor Speedway prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Shelby American on Feb. 28, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nev.

SeCond PlaCe, PortraIt, feBruary: Helena Bonham Carter, who stars in “Alice in Wonderland” with Johnny Depp, is photo-

graphed at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood on Feb. 20.Christina House/freelance

Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily NewsfIrSt PlaCe, PortraIt, feBruary: Ray Castellani’s Frontline Foundation has been serving meals to those on Los Angeles’ Skid Row for more than 20 years. the 77-year-old Castellani is closing the foundation because it has become too much work for him and a financial burden.

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John Valenzuela/Inland Valley Daily BulletinfIrSt PlaCe, newS, feBruary: Rancho Cucamonga firefighters battle a fire at the Tuscany Villas on Foothill Blvd just west of Vineyard Ave. on Feb. 24, 2010. The townhomes sat unfinished for more then two year before going up in flames.

Mark J. Terrill/Associated PressfIrSt PlaCe, SPortS, feBruary: Ted Piccard of France, left, and Daron Rahlves of the USA crash out during the men’s skicross 8th final at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Feb. 21.

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Terry Pierson/the Press-enterprisethIrd PlaCe, PortraIt, feBruary: Santiago senior soccer players Nikki McCants, left, tatiana Valentin, Jordan Benson, Danielle Simien, Jasmine Ben-son, Shelley Brumbaugh and freshman Amber Munerlyn are looking to defend their CIF title as they prepare for the playoffs Feb.12 in Corona.

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foul in the first half of a first

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on Feb. 17. JSerra won

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2010 boArD of DireCtors

Press Photographers association of Greater los angeles3607 W. Magnolia Blvd., Suite 5, Burbank, CA 91505web site: www.ppagla.orge-mail: [email protected]

offICerSPresident: Bob Riha, Jr., [email protected] President: Arturo Quezada, [email protected]: Carlos Delgado, [email protected]: edna trunell-Simpson, [email protected] of the Board: John McCoy, [email protected]

Board of dIreCtorS Bob Riha, Jr.; Art Quezada; Carlos Delgado; edna Simpson; John Milek, [email protected]; Dan Watson; Scott Meadows; Carl Schumacher, cmschuma@ pacbell.net; Gerard Burkhart, [email protected]; Alan Zanger, [email protected]; Jim Ober; Joel Lugavere; and Alan Madden, [email protected].

ChaIrPerSonSVideo/Multi-Media Committee Co-Chairs: David Fernandez ([email protected]) and Scott Meadows ([email protected])Social Media Committee Co-Chairs: Jon Vidar ([email protected]) and Jim Ober ([email protected])Sponsorships Committee Chair: Jim Oberawards dinner Committee Chair: Joel Lugavere ([email protected])Contests Committee/joM Chair: Joel LugavereMemberships Committee Chair: Rick Meyer ([email protected])education Committee Chair: Gerard BurkhartMedia access Committee Co-Chairs: John McCoy and Scott Meadows

e-joM, jr. newSlettereditor: John McCoy, [email protected]: Denise Smaldino, [email protected]

weBMaSterRobert Douglas, [email protected]

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