From SportsShooter.com:
...I am a paying member of four professional organizations Sportsshooter.com, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), California Press Photographers Association (CPPA) and Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles (PPAGLA). I enter my photographs in each of these monthly and yearly clip contests, along with POYi and a few others. The newspaper does not pay for my dues or printing supplies (ribbon, photo paper, FedEx), nor do they provide me company time to work on entering contests. The company does not keep track or even ask staff members about contest results. Our photo editors don't push us to enter contests, and even when they do hear that we have won a contest, there are no announcements to the newsroom, no pat on the back, and, of course, no raises or promotions.
So you might ask why I continue to enter my photographs in these contests, despite the lack of support from my newspaper...
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