Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:38 PM 12/2/2008, you wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with >APA: American Press Association? > >Fond regards, >George In what way? Their "press credentials" are considered a scam and a joke by most photojournalists. You would do just as well and save a lot of money to print your own press credentials. I think they are hoping people will confuse them with two legitimate organizations - APA - Advertising Photographers of America - or AP - Associated Press. A similar scam is IPA: http://internationalpress.com/ There used to be one called FPA - Freelance Photojournists Association - but I think they might have disappeared. The thing that all of these bogus organizations have in common is that they require a hefty yearly membership fee to send you a "press" kit with credentials but don't require any proof that you are actually a working photojournalist. No legitimate organization would ever do that. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com