Hello Everyone and Happy Holidays!
Couple of housekeeping items before the end of the year:
First - I was a little disappointed with the last poll on NJPPA.org - actually, it was rather disastrous - only 16 people responded to the poll and only 13 people said they would be interested in monthly meetings. I believe we have about 140 members and I was hoping for a better response. However, people have requested monthly meetings so starting in January we are going to try meeting once a month to see how that works out. I will be sending out the date and place asap - please try to come out.
Second - Northern Short Course is coming to New Jersey! March 11-13, 2010 in NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. We need to represent! Make your reservations and sign up asap. Info at http://www.northernshortcourse.com/
Third - Congratulations to Noah K. Murray of the Star Ledger for being selected in Sports Illustrated's 2009 Pictures of the Year which came out December 11th, 2009. Awesome image and great job Noah!
Thank you everyone and please have a safe and happy holiday season.
Sincerely,
Tim Larsen
NJPPA President
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Polls, Polls, Polls
Hello everyone,
I hope your summer is going well and you're enjoying some of the best weather I've seen in New Jersey in years. We are taking a August Poll. Members have been saying that they are interested in monthly meetings to get together for learning or networking or just to get their drink on. We would like to get a sense of how many people are really interested in attending a monthly meeting, when, where and what for. Please take the poll at the right side of this blog. If you have an answer that's not listed, just comment your idea on this blog.
Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions and I look forward to seeing and hearing from you.
Polls close September 1st, 2009 at 9:00 PM.
Sincerely,
Tim Larsen
NJPPA President
I hope your summer is going well and you're enjoying some of the best weather I've seen in New Jersey in years. We are taking a August Poll. Members have been saying that they are interested in monthly meetings to get together for learning or networking or just to get their drink on. We would like to get a sense of how many people are really interested in attending a monthly meeting, when, where and what for. Please take the poll at the right side of this blog. If you have an answer that's not listed, just comment your idea on this blog.
Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions and I look forward to seeing and hearing from you.
Polls close September 1st, 2009 at 9:00 PM.
Sincerely,
Tim Larsen
NJPPA President
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
NJPPA Dinner
I would just like to say Thank You to everyone who came out to our dinner Sunday night and helped make it a success. It was a great time and a lot of fun. I would especially like to thank the people who came out that didn't win any awards but supported our award winners.
We are planning a June / July NJPPA Picnic - we will keep you posted on the event so stay tuned.
We are planning a June / July NJPPA Picnic - we will keep you posted on the event so stay tuned.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
NJPPA Dinner
Hey Everyone we need you to come out to the Dinner - its a really good time and great food. Please let us know this week!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Open bar 5-6pm
Dinner 6-10pm
Make your reservation by May 12, 2009
Monstruck
www.moonstrucknj.com
517 Lake Avenue,
Asbury Park, NJ
732-988-0123
$55 / person
Send 1) your check, payable to NJPPA,
2) number in your party
to:
Reena Rose Sibayan
NJPPA Secretary / Treasurer
The Jersey Journal
30 Journal Square
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Open bar 5-6pm
Dinner 6-10pm
Make your reservation by May 12, 2009
Monstruck
www.moonstrucknj.com
517 Lake Avenue,
Asbury Park, NJ
732-988-0123
$55 / person
Send 1) your check, payable to NJPPA,
2) number in your party
to:
Reena Rose Sibayan
NJPPA Secretary / Treasurer
The Jersey Journal
30 Journal Square
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Shutterbugged
This story was in the New York Post:
SHUTTERBUGGED
By MURRAY WEISS Criminal Justice Editor
April 13, 2009 --
Faced with complaints from photographers and tourists alike, the NYPD has issued a department order reminding cops that the right to take pictures in the Big Apple is as American as apple pie.
"Photography and the videotaping of public places, buildings and structures are common activities within New York City . . . and is rarely unlawful," the NYPD operations order begins.
It acknowledges that the city is a terrorist target, but since it's a prominent "tourist destination, practically all such photography will have no connection to terrorism or unlawful conduct."
The department directive -- titled "Investigation of Individuals Engaged in Suspicious Photography and Video Surveillance" -- makes it clear that cops cannot "demand to view photographs taken by a person . . . or direct them to delete or destroy images" in a camera.
Public-advocacy groups have complained, especially since 9/11, about cops stopping shutterbugs and, in some cases, wrongly arresting them.
In the latest snafu, an off-duty MTA worker and admitted fan of the subways was issued a summons for taking pictures of subway cars.
He was handed a summons that incorrectly sited the rule that expressly permits snapping pictures in the subways.
Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said the NYPD posted the missive because "we periodically get complaints that an officer asked to see [someone's] camera or erase a picture and this is a reminder not to do that."
"It is a balancing act," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said of NYPD efforts to spot possible terrorism or criminal activity while not stepping on the First Amendment.
Donna Lieberman, president of the New York Civil Liberties Union, lauded the directive as "representing progress."
She pointed out that her organization has twice sued the NYPD for stopping innocent filmmaking -- once on behalf of a well-known Indian filmmaker who was videotaping cabbies outside Grand Central Terminal, the other time for a Columbia University student who was filming in a subway station for a school project.
But cops are not without successes in confronting what might appear to be innocent videotaping.
In Manhattan, cops spotted a man -- who turned out to have ties to a terror group in Pakistan -- videotaping the underbellies of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Additional reporting by John Doyle
murray.weiss@nypost.com
http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04132009/news/regionalnews/shutterbugged_164159.htm
SHUTTERBUGGED
By MURRAY WEISS Criminal Justice Editor
April 13, 2009 --
Faced with complaints from photographers and tourists alike, the NYPD has issued a department order reminding cops that the right to take pictures in the Big Apple is as American as apple pie.
"Photography and the videotaping of public places, buildings and structures are common activities within New York City . . . and is rarely unlawful," the NYPD operations order begins.
It acknowledges that the city is a terrorist target, but since it's a prominent "tourist destination, practically all such photography will have no connection to terrorism or unlawful conduct."
The department directive -- titled "Investigation of Individuals Engaged in Suspicious Photography and Video Surveillance" -- makes it clear that cops cannot "demand to view photographs taken by a person . . . or direct them to delete or destroy images" in a camera.
Public-advocacy groups have complained, especially since 9/11, about cops stopping shutterbugs and, in some cases, wrongly arresting them.
In the latest snafu, an off-duty MTA worker and admitted fan of the subways was issued a summons for taking pictures of subway cars.
He was handed a summons that incorrectly sited the rule that expressly permits snapping pictures in the subways.
Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said the NYPD posted the missive because "we periodically get complaints that an officer asked to see [someone's] camera or erase a picture and this is a reminder not to do that."
"It is a balancing act," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said of NYPD efforts to spot possible terrorism or criminal activity while not stepping on the First Amendment.
Donna Lieberman, president of the New York Civil Liberties Union, lauded the directive as "representing progress."
She pointed out that her organization has twice sued the NYPD for stopping innocent filmmaking -- once on behalf of a well-known Indian filmmaker who was videotaping cabbies outside Grand Central Terminal, the other time for a Columbia University student who was filming in a subway station for a school project.
But cops are not without successes in confronting what might appear to be innocent videotaping.
In Manhattan, cops spotted a man -- who turned out to have ties to a terror group in Pakistan -- videotaping the underbellies of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Additional reporting by John Doyle
murray.weiss@nypost.com
http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04132009/news/regionalnews/shutterbugged_164159.htm
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sen. John Kerry to Hold Hearings on Newspaper Industry
Aristide Economopoulos posted this earlier on his Facebook page:
Sen. John Kerry to Hold Hearings on Newspaper Industry
By Joe Strupp
Published: April 20, 2009 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., will hold hearings in Washington, D.C., next week to review the economic problems facing the newspaper industry, The Boston Globe reported Monday.
The hearings will be at the Senate Commerce Committee, and are set to begin April 30. They come at a time when numerous newspapers are in bankruptcy protection or seeking cost-savings, including the Globe which has threatened to close or sell if certain union concessions are not made.
The hearings also come soon after Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., introduced a bill last month that would allow newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits, the Globe reported.
Kerry, chairman of a Commerce subcommittee, "moved to spotlight the financial plight of newspapers after The New York Times Co. threatened earlier this month to shut down The Boston Globe unless its labor unions agree to $20 million in cost concessions, including pay and benefit cuts. The Globe is on track to lose $85 million this year, executives told labor representatives," the story said.
"America's newspapers are struggling to survive -- and while there will be serious consequences in terms of the lives and financial security of the employees involved, including hundreds at the Globe, there will also be serious consequences for our democracy where diversity of opinion and strong debate are paramount," Kerry wrote in a letter sent to union leaders Friday, according to the Globe.
In his letter, addressed to "the Boston Globe family," Kerry voiced his commitment to the industry and to ensuring that the "vital public service newspapers provide does not disappear."
"The increase in media conglomerates has resulted in an increase in agenda-driven reporting and over time, if those of us who value a diversity of opinion and ideas, and are unafraid to be confronted with pointed commentary and analysis, do not act, it is a situation which will only get worse," Kerry wrote according to the paper.
The Globe story noted that Kerry "has received political endorsements over the years from the Globe's editorial page, which is operated separately from its newsgathering operation."
Dan Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, said yesterday that he appreciated Kerry's effort and concern. "Clearly, his effort is to get the Globe in a better place," Totten told the Globe. Later in a statement, he added: "The support and outreach received thus far from our readers, advertisers, media colleagues, Boston and New England business and political leaders has been enormous."
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003964193
Sen. John Kerry to Hold Hearings on Newspaper Industry
By Joe Strupp
Published: April 20, 2009 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., will hold hearings in Washington, D.C., next week to review the economic problems facing the newspaper industry, The Boston Globe reported Monday.
The hearings will be at the Senate Commerce Committee, and are set to begin April 30. They come at a time when numerous newspapers are in bankruptcy protection or seeking cost-savings, including the Globe which has threatened to close or sell if certain union concessions are not made.
The hearings also come soon after Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., introduced a bill last month that would allow newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits, the Globe reported.
Kerry, chairman of a Commerce subcommittee, "moved to spotlight the financial plight of newspapers after The New York Times Co. threatened earlier this month to shut down The Boston Globe unless its labor unions agree to $20 million in cost concessions, including pay and benefit cuts. The Globe is on track to lose $85 million this year, executives told labor representatives," the story said.
"America's newspapers are struggling to survive -- and while there will be serious consequences in terms of the lives and financial security of the employees involved, including hundreds at the Globe, there will also be serious consequences for our democracy where diversity of opinion and strong debate are paramount," Kerry wrote in a letter sent to union leaders Friday, according to the Globe.
In his letter, addressed to "the Boston Globe family," Kerry voiced his commitment to the industry and to ensuring that the "vital public service newspapers provide does not disappear."
"The increase in media conglomerates has resulted in an increase in agenda-driven reporting and over time, if those of us who value a diversity of opinion and ideas, and are unafraid to be confronted with pointed commentary and analysis, do not act, it is a situation which will only get worse," Kerry wrote according to the paper.
The Globe story noted that Kerry "has received political endorsements over the years from the Globe's editorial page, which is operated separately from its newsgathering operation."
Dan Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, said yesterday that he appreciated Kerry's effort and concern. "Clearly, his effort is to get the Globe in a better place," Totten told the Globe. Later in a statement, he added: "The support and outreach received thus far from our readers, advertisers, media colleagues, Boston and New England business and political leaders has been enormous."
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003964193
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