Those interested in entering the video contest should download these documents (in Microsoft Word 2003 format)

TV News Videographer Competition Rev2 

Video Contest Entry Form Rev1

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It's that time of the year for our annual photo contest for stills and video. The deadline is January 15th, not the 20th (the dinner is on March 13th).

Still: 

Feature, Sports, Fire, Animal, News, Portrait, Photo Essay (no more than 10 pictures), best Dodger photo, Music and Performing Arts, Best UCLA Sports picture.

Any questions on the still side give joel P Lugavere a call at 818-399-7812 

Video:

Animal, Live Coverage, Spot news, Fire, Feature, Sports, In-Depth, General News, Multi-Camera.

Any questions on the video side give Dave Fernandez a call at 818-718-1650

NEW RULE FOR THIS YEAR:

If you shoot video for a newspaper web site you may enter in the video categories.

 Carl M. Schumacher  NBC News "Retired"

I was a member of the Press Photographers assoc. from 1972 thru 1988, and was on the board in 1977.

Hey I'm Natalie Saito. I was always creative and had the need to be. Out of high school I intended to study graphic art and motion graphics; but I soon discovered a fascination with film production, particularly cinematography and lighting; I got my Bachelors degree in film and worked on independent films.

Last year I became increasingly curious about photojournalism. Most movies were just entertainment and I had an urge to make a differences somehow. Inside I really wanted to capture real stories; watching world documentaries have been an inspiration. I returned to college and became an active shooter for Santa Monica College Corsair Newspaper. I fell in love with it and discovered my true passion--photography. I currently shoot for Santa Monica Daily Press. 

Sample work:

http://flickr.com/photos/nataliesaito/collections

Hi- This is Russ  "POCO" B. Tamondong , we started in Boston, Ma. then settled in Hyannis, in Cape Cod. My wife and myself started the Boston Studios and later on commercially passed it on to a hardworking entrepreneur though in the later end of its life it was converted to an accounting office, then we had to move to the Cape and established a studio which was later on named as Boston Studios & Fotowerk thats has minimal expansion in Toronto and later on here in sunny Southern California. The studio has audio recording bands and new or budding artists in the industry. It also holds a photo studio in digital media and desktop publishing. It caters also to the new DJs for amateurs and pro's

Photo 1  emmy
PPAGLA members from left, Jose Hernandez, Scott Meadows, and Vice President Dave Fernandez of NBC-TV  with their 2008 Emmy for "Contaminated Water" for Channel 4 News at 11PM    

Photo 2 emmy

Reporter Cecilia Bogran, left, and PPAGLA Board Member Arturo Quesada of KMEX-TV with their 2008 Emmy Award for Light News Story – Multi Report:   "Israel, Aqui Es Donde..."  (Israel, here is where..).