Media Invited to U.S. Army Liberty Challenge Saturday

FORT HAMILTON, N.Y. – The U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion New York City is inviting local media to attend the U.S. Army’s Liberty Challenge Saturday at Fort Hamilton’s Taylor Field from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Media will have the opportunity to cover more than 200 U.S. Army recruits battle testing their physical endurance and mental wits against each other while building esprit de corps in buddy teams before reporting to Basic Combat Training this summer.

The day’s attractions are scheduled to feature multiple opportunities for strong visuals of the Future Soldiers, including six round-robin competitions:  pushups, sit ups, grenade toss (water balloons), relay race, pull ups and finally, a round of Sgt. Says, the U.S. Army’s version of Simon Says, where the last Future Soldier to have correctly completed all facing movements stands to win the title.  A team tug-of-war will round out the day. 

Featured tactical exhibits include a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Drum, N.Y., troop and cargo-carrying vehicles from the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Army’s New York National Guard, inflatable sports games, interactive kiosks and U.S. Army educational and career exhibits.  Stationary exhibits are scheduled to be prepositioned on Taylor Field, which boasts a modest, green landscape with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge towering in the background.  News media requiring either visually-appealing photos or space to conduct stand ups are encouraged to take advantage of the landscape for their newsgathering purposes.

During lunch, media can participate in the cooking demonstration where a noncommissioned officer will teach the Future Soldiers how the U.S. Army leverages science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during meal times. 

Finally, media are also welcome to hop aboard an Army-chartered bus for a two-hour tour of the U.S. Army Future Soldier Resource Center in the Fort Hamilton Fitness Center, the post exchange, commissary and military housing.  The presence of the parents of U.S. Army Future Soldiers on these tours will present a unique interview opportunity for news media as well.

Media interested in attending are required to RSVP no later than 3 p.m., May 11, 2012.  U.S. Army personnel will consolidate special interview requests and provide attending news media with link up times & locations.

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NYPPA member Ron Antonelli's mom has past away after a battle with cancer

The NYPPA has some sad news. Ron Antonelli's mom passed thursday night after an extended fight with cancer. Ron is doing well despite the circumstances and has asked us to distribute the arrangements for her funeral and wake on Sunday and Monday. The wake will be Sunday 2-4 and 6-8 at Hannemann Funeral Home 88 South Broadway Nyack NY 10960. The funeral will be Monday at 10 am at funeral home.  His mom loved animals so much so In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Hi-Tor Animal Care Center.  Www.hitor.org.

NYPPA 77th ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER IS JUNE 3rd

The New York Press Photographers Association, Inc.

Cordially invites you to the 77th Annual Awards Dinner Dance

SUNDAY, June 3, 2012

Gravy

32 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010

Cocktail Reception 6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm to 10:00 pm

Black Tie Optional

$100 per Person or $150 per Couple

and

$110 a Person or $160 per Couple when booked online with PAYPAL

RSVP by May 25th, 2012 at rsvp@nyppa.org or 212-889-6633

Singles ticket $100 + $10 handling fee

Couples ticket $150 + $10 handling fee

Japan Tsunami: One Year Later

Photo by Jake Price

Seenunseen invites you to:

Dispatch from Tohoku: Documenting the Aftermath

Stories from the Tsunami One Year On

March 11th at the Bubble Lounge - 228 West Broadway, New York City - Doors open at 6pm.

Photographer Jake Price spent four months in Tohoku in northeastern Japan, documenting the lives of the residents who were displaced by the great tsunami of 2011. This Sunday, a slideshow featuring his work and his colleagues will be shown at the Bubble Lounge.

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POYi gives Second Place to Alejandra Villa and Award of Excellence to Jeff Rhode

Newsday's Alejandra Villa was awarded Second Place in the Pictures of the Year International for Feature Multimedia Story for A Little Girl's Fight to Live. The story is of 5 year-old Marisa Carney, one of only 75 children worldwide to be diagnosed with a childhood disease (Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation, ROHHAD for short), that triggers uncontrollable obesity and extreme sleep apnea.

NYPPA sponsor, Jeff Rhode, formerly of the Star-Ledger, was given the Award of Excellence for his work on A Thousand More that chronicles one family’s determination to give their son, who is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophe, a whole and vital life. Earlier in the year this video won first place at the national contest Fotoweek DC for multimedia.

Congratulations to both Villa and Rhode for their recognition.