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Diego Jimenez's award winning video on a day in the life of a photojournalist

Added Oct 06, 2014 •

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Diego Jimenez's award winning video on a day in the life of a photojournalist took first place in the ConnectEd Studios Spring 2014 Day in the Life Contest.

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with all these calls I mean anything can happen anytime with this job so what's the check this is one thing they have like today we're going to later at 6:30 and then should I were going to go Clipper fans at a local restaurant and  Rowdy they cat for an assignment trespass and being a member of the press of photojournalism there's a lot of privileges that come to you over just being a regular photographer for the start a regular photographer if someone just picked up the camera on the street and walked over to a situation on the corner where was police taped off or something they're not going to get in like the police Chris home or at the public needs estate back but in a lot of circumstances will have a designated area where they'll let the Press come in can get their shot I've been working for newspapers for more than 15 years covering everything from local news High School sports working in the Los Angeles area Regina cover big events like the Academy Awards where I get to photograph celebrities on the red carpet to going to Laker games where I get to shoot port side right underneath the basket this job is just really unique and it gives you an opportunity to see and do things that you would never do in your normal everyday life I feel like I'm kind of a fly on the all I get to witness life history and fold I've actually had the opportunity of three US president threw my time at the newspaper I just feel that this job is just giving me such a great opportunity to just see so many things I'm out in the field everyday I don't set alarm is it me or where I'm going to be until I get that assignment for my editor and it just keeps it since it keeps it exciting there every day it's just the new day It just fits it's fun to see what you're going to do and how you're going to cover something and what kind of picture you're going to get sorry I really enjoy it and I just play happy that I have a job that I'm excited to go do everyday my name is Sean Heller and I'm a photojournalist

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