• Port Authority Terminal No.4 won't let you in!
• Press vehicles towed - be ready for it
• Working Press Identifications suspended in New York City
• Monthly clip contest goes FTP
• One of Canada's best takes a buy-out
• Charlie Tasnadi, AP photographer dies
• World Trade Center Survey and Petition
Photographers at the recent Ebbets Field Houses fire found many police officers and even firefighters less than agreeable during encounters. At least one was briefly arrested, but was assisted by friendly officers and commanders.
In that incident, a firefighter knocked the videographer to the ground and then he was approached by
a police officer who screamed at him in a disrespectful way to move, prompting the photographer to
ask "why."
He ended up in custody until his friends from the NYPD, including ESU and an inspector helped clear up the incident without seizure of press credentials or summons.
Several other photographers were cursed at, pushed or threatened with arrest in the process of just doing their job.
One photographer was intentionally elbowed by a police officer at Kings County Hospital, after which the photographer confronted the police officer who apologized for the indiscretion.
If you have any problems with authorities, please let us know at toddphoto@aol.com and certainly file a complaint form at http://www.nyppa.org. We need to put together a paper trail on these incidents to prove that they continue to occur at an alarming rate. File the reports - we will withhold your name in the filing.
Port Authority Terminal No. 4 won't let you in!
The International Terminal at Kennedy Airport, Terminal 4, is officially off limits, if a private lessee has its unconstitutional way.
Government is privatizing public lands at an alarming rate, and in so doing, granting what amounts to a suspension of basic constitutional rights as those private concerns see fit.
The New York Daily News requested a meeting with Port Authority officials and management from IAT, the lease-holder of the terminal. The meeting request, back in August, came as a result of photographers and reporters from the News being denied access to the terminal on three occasions.
Region 2 Director Todd Maisel was also respectfully denied permission to take photos in the terminal, with the manager saying, "We have zero tolerance for the press."
No meeting has occurred that we know and the NPPA and NY Press Photographers Association is exploring its own legal action to force the issue.
We are asking all of our members to report all incidents at Kennedy Airport in which media has
been denied access or permission to take photos in publicly owned terminals.
Let us know about any Port Authority related incident so that we can put together a paper trail
of incidents.
Press vehicles towed - be ready for it
RE: TOWED VEHICLES
You are being warned now that there has been a new change made at the City Tow Pounds, should your vehicle be towed for any reason.
1. If you are using a company leased car, make sure that you have in your possession
(not in the car) a copy of the Insurance as well a document that shows that you are the
designated driver for that vehicle.
2. If you fall into that category, and don't have them, get a copy of these documents and keep them with you.
3. If you are towed on a Sunday, you will not be able to get your car released until Monday as they are closed for business on Sundays.
4. Unless a supervisor authorizes the release without payment, you will have to pay for towing in advance. Upon adjudication and if found "NOT GUILTY" you will get a refund. Therefore, make sure you attachÊall paperwork from the pound to your affidavit and summons when you submit them
for adjudication.
The procedure related to summons dismissal is found elsewhere on the site. A reminder that the vehicle card is a privilege, not a right, and that if it abused it is getting harder and harder to get
a dismissal.
As per Jerry Engel, Chmn. Credential's Committee of NYPPA. See nyppa.org for information on adjudicating summones.
Working Press Identifications suspended in New York City
According to the NYPPA police liaison Jerry Engel, this rumor is untrue. Let us know if you were denied a press card so we can document this. We want to know about any problems with the cards.
Monthly clip contest goes FTP
The NPPA is now offering its members an FTP to upload monthly clip contest entries for their regional contests. Here is the directions and where to go to get in on the monthly contest.
Step-by-Step instructions for uploading contest entry via the NPPA website-
1. Go to www.nppa.org and log in.
2. Follow the link to the Monthly Digital Contest on the Welcome page.
NOTE: You will need to affirm your agreement to all the rules of the contest before you can enter.
To do so, read the rules (and check the box beside each one if you accept it), and click on Submit. You will need to confirm your acceptance of the rules each time you log in.
On the entry page, you will see an entry form.
Fill in all the information as accurately as possible. ftp sample page.
Upload the image by clicking on the Choose File button, then click Submit.
Digital File Specifications:
Scale each image to 2000 pixels on the longest side.
Save the image as JPEG High Quality.
All images must be saved in RGB mode.
If you are entering a picture story in Feature/Multiple, please enter your pictures in order.
If you have any questions please contact
Ron Soliman at ron@ronsolimanphoto.com or Stephen Sample at netgeek@nppa.org.
One of Canada's best takes a buy-out
Rod MacIvor/ NPPA region 2 member took a buy-out package, early retirement from the Ottawa Citizen, (Canada)...at the age of 61. Rod has been a full time photojournalist for 42 years, former UPI Ottawa and Montreal Newspictures Manager and has been with the Ottawa Citizen for 27 years (as Ass't Director of Photography, then full time Photog.)
He received Photographic Arts diploma from Ryerson University/Toronto. He.is best know for his images of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau taken between 1970-1980. An exhibit formed after Mr. Trudeau death, attracted 20,000 visitors on a cross Canada tour, and raised $20,000 for Prostrate Cancer Research thru sales of prints.
He gave some photo lessons to Trudeau's wife, Margaret Trudeau which did not hurt in terms to access to the Trudeaus. Pierre, a rich intelligent eligible bachelor, married flower child Margaret, had two of three kids born on Christmas Day, separated and became single father and was of interest to Newspapers and Magazines around the world. MacIvor won a National Newspaper Award in 1973 for best Feature photo of the year showing Trudeau carrying his baby son Justin under his arm
(like a football) as a Mountie saluted their entry to a Garden Party at a Commonweath Conference event in Ottawa.
Attached is pix from last Saturday's house party for Rod and photo editor John Major , who also took a buy-out package.
photo shows: John Major (photo ed, took buy out and will freelance), Lynn Ball, (former Chief Photog) retired earlier) Rod MacIvor (former UPI/Citizen photog), Al Cave (retired earlier) plus 20 other photogs, 20 other reporter/editors NOT in photo. John and Rod are holding mock-up front pages made in their honour.
Charlie Tasnadi, AP photographer dies
It is with deep sadness that I let you know that our dear friend and long-time colleague Charlie Tasnadi passed away this evening, January 10, 2008, while in hospice care in Washington.
As details are still be finalized, please monitor the WHNPA web site at www.whnpa.org for
additional information and funeral arrangements.
In 1951, Charlie Tasnadi and his sweetheart Maria fled Communist Hungary through treacherous minefields, barbed wire, and heavy snow. "That memory," Charlie said, "really helped me put a better perspective on deadline pressures."
Chivalry, professionalism, and selfless dedication were Tasnadi's hallmarks. He carried these values from his first newspaper assignments in Caracas, Venezuela, to his work as a stringer for Time-Life, and through his notable, 32-year career with the Associated Press.
The epitome of a photojournalist and a gentleman, he documented seven White House administrations, (ending with Clinton) and traveled to Cuba more than 40 times, gaining extraordinary access to Fidel Castro and other Cuban officials.
As for recognition he received, Tasnadi had said, "Coming from Hungary I have often wondered
what all these honors are about. People honor me just by allowing me to do my work." ÊThis couldn't have been truer than it was in 1989 when Tasnadi returned to Hungary for the first time after 38 years with President Bush in Air Force One. ÊOnce they landed, he hid his tears behind his camera, determined to get good pictures of the President.
In January of 1996, while working his last press conference before his retirement, he was truly honored again when President Clinton started a round of applause, thanking him for his great pictures and years of exemplary service.
In 1996 The White House News Photographers Association honored Charles Tasnadi with its award for Lifetime Achievement in photojournalism.
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