X2321

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    First of all to clear a few things up, Journal News photographers do not get paid per picture. They get a weekly salary. They do get a yearly performance review, and the more breaking news photos that you get or don't get can reflect on your review. I think the main issue here is access. The photographer from the JN said that the house fire was about 3 houses in from an intersection, and that New Rochelle police kept him at the intersection, while directly across the street from the house he could see neighbors and other people walking around, some taking cellphone photos. The police eventually did let the press down the street, well after the fire was out. As a photojournalist I am not looking to go inside the burning house and take photos, but I should be allowed the same access as neighbors and other people just walking around across the street from the scene. The cops can say that there is no media allowed at the scene, but is that fair when the news helicopters are hovering over the house with cameras that can read the numbers on your helmet shields. I have had problems with New Rochelle police at fire scenes in the past. The New Rochelle brother that took the photos that appeared on page 1 and inside the JN is a great photographer and I have known him for a long time. He contributes to Fire Engineer and other trade magazines.

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    Actually he was a member of the Armonk FD that was driving by in his pov and like others stopped to try and help. The cement truck driver also stopped to help knowing he had some water in his tank. AFD member Zavras pulled the garden hose from the cement truck, but by that time the fire had reached the cab of the pick-up.

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    I guess it would be better if you just let your children play in the playground with the tainted soil. Did the reporter cross police tape to obtain the soil sample. It sounds like a cover up by the school district, but lets blame the media for trying to do their job and expose this potential hazard. Your comment about the " trained camera equipped fire chasers" being slanted towards the media just shows how little you know about the people you were referring to. Anyone that knows myself or BFD2553 knows that we would put down our cameras in a second to help a brother firefighter at a scene, weather it be changing a bottle, helping to pull hose or even giving some oxygen.

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    Some police departments issue working press cards to "Legitimate Media". To obtain a working press card you usually have to obtain a letter from your employer and provide copies of the newspaper with some of your pictures published in them. This has to be done every year. Only some big departments issue press cards, NYPD and Westchester County are the only agencies around here that issue press cards. Most of the times it is not a problem to show any one of the above mentioned press cards to get into a scene. The police tape is usually put up to keep everyone else away from the scene. The problem is when a police officer keeps away a legitimate press photographer but allows others to gets by. Do you think its fair when they keep the local newspaper photographer blocks away from a house fire when there are 4 helicopters flying above the scene with cameras that can zoom in and read your helmet shield. Like BFD2553 stated we know the risks and we are professionals. We have a job to do just like everyone else, and that job happens to be gathering the news.

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    RescueKujo, I'm sorry for your loss. That really sucks. If I can give any advice to those who choose to travel with their camera gear, cover it up. Throw a jacket or something over them so that no one can see them. If they can't see them chances are good that they aren't going to break in.