Awards Recipients 2020
Photos: Bonnie Burrow
Joel Fallon jumps for joy when he receives his Press Photographer award. Joel also edited the montage of 400+ photos that appeared at the opening of the Zoom program on April 24.
Katherine Lotze is clearly out standing in her field! This is the 3rd time she has been the recipient of the "UCLA Stan Troutman Award."
Sean Browning, the 2019 videographer of the year, does the heavy lifting of the awards for his KNBC collegues, as he takes on the task of distributing them. Sean says he didn't have anything to enter this year, as he spent much of his work time on non-shooting duties.
Tony Valdez, long-time Los Angeles television news reporter and PPAGLA's newest Honorary Member, receives his plaque at a pandemic "office."
Thomas Cordova and Cheantay Jensen, from the Long Beach Post, getting their awards.
The award for best student videographer of the year is passed along to Steven Vargas in the safest, socially distanced way possible.
Francisco Vasquez, KMEX. First place for Sports feature. He's sitting in his beautiful backyard patio of his Granada Hills home., a place that would be ideal for next year's PPAGLA awards!
Apu is loading boxes of plaques at a coffee shop in Sherman Oaks. He planned to deliver plaques to LA Times, and the Long Beach Post following the PPAGLA Zoom awards on April 24, 2021.