Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if anyone is thinking of photographing in N.O..... >From Donald Winslow at the NPPA: -----Original Message----- Subject: Photojournalists Covering Katrina Fall Victim To Growing Violence, Chaos Importance: High Full Story Online At: http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2005/09/hurricane2.html Photojournalists Covering Katrina Fall Victim To Growing Violence, Chaos ? AUSTIN, TX (September 1, 2005) ? As photojournalists continue to document the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?s violent assault on the Gulf Coast, today they also found themselves documenting new violence and death among the survivors, the refugees, and the looters and police and rescuers in New Orleans, while some photojournalists even fell victim to the violence themselves. Two veteran photojournalists - NPPA member Rick Wilking of Reuters and Getty's Mark Wilson - were robbed of cameras and computer equipment today while on assignment in a neighborhood in New Orleans, and a photojournalist and a reporter were confronted at gunpoint and slammed against a wall by police following a shoot-out between looters and cops that left at least one person dead. Another photojournalist - Lucas Oleniuk of the Toronto Star - was knocked to the ground by police, his gear taken from him initially, when he photographed them shooting at looters and then beating one. A New York Times photojournalist and Times-Picayune reporter Gordon Russell were slammed into a wall by police at gunpoint after they witnessed a shoot-out between cops and looters that left at least one person dead. In response to the growing violence and an increasing sense of despair among the stranded survivors, some television networks have hired armed private security firms to protect their journalists as they work to cover the story. Full Story Online At: http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2005/09/hurricane2.html