Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Tina their president approached me today by telephone and I feared that was the perception of the organization Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 2, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information