  An
LA County Fire Department helicopter opens the camp's simulated
brushfire with a very realistic water dropping on Cottontail
Ranch |
 In
the first of many mock news conferences, LA County Fire Dept.
PIOs Captain Brian Jordan and Roland Sprewell lay out what's
known about the brushfire |
 (L
to R)KGET Producer Bob Dlugos, KCOP Reporter and APTRA Academy
Dean Hal Eisner, KNTV Assignment Editor Sabrina Hughes and KCOP
Producer Bill Applegate Jr. go over the plans for this year's
story simulation |
 KNBC
Reporter Patrick Healy (foreground) and KCOP Writer Bill Lawlor
(in the black t-shirt) share strategies with the students on
their team |
 KCAL
Managing Editor Paul Skolnick prepares other student reporters
for mock liveshots. Every student gets to do one! |
 LAPD
PIO Mary Grady and her counterpart from the Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration Jose Martinez report 2 suspects in the methlab
explosion are on the loose |
 Inside
Cottontail Ranch's mess hall, KCOP Anchor/Reporter Phil Shuman
(foreground) and a group of students watch a mock liveshot |
 Student
Reporters & Crews, crowding an LAPD unit and getting a grab
shot of Anthony being taken away, hear him say he "didn't
do it!" |
 LA
County Firefighters race uphill to get to a fake spotfire |
 Over
lunch, Hal Eisner talks shop with Mentors Natalie Tejeda and
Veronica De La Cruz, both from KYMA in Yuma, Arizona and both
former APTRA Academy students |
 Star
Trek Enterprise Actor Vaughn Armstrong, separated from his wife
& kids because of the explosion and fire, is consoled by
a student reporter as other student reporters and photojournalists
capture the moment |
 KTTV
Helicopter Reporter Rod Bernsen talks with some students around
the campfire about what it's like reporting from SKYFOX |
 KCAL's
Grant Monrean shoots an LA County Firefighter putting out some
fake flames |
 Student
Reporter Debra Greene knocks off a quick standup |
 The
breaking news simulation over, it's writing time. Here, Mentors
Sarah Acevedo (far left) and Karen Todd (right center) pour
over story elements with their student reporting team |
 KTTV
Senior Producer Bob Tarlau and his student team work on writing
their story |
It's dinnertime at the ranch! Student Anchor Ray East (who flew
in from New York City to attend the camp) is surrounded by Pepperdine
student Gretchen Heim (L) and Raul Collazo (R). For Collazo,
a weathercaster on Univision 15 in Las Vegas, this is his second
year to attend APTRA Academy |
 Photographer/Editor
Gino Corridori edits student reporter Marie Ann Choi's story
as photojournalist Wes Rodda watches |
 At
the ANCHOR Academy (on the Pepperdine University campus) KCET
Reporter Jon Beaupré and KGET Producer Bob Dlugos keep things
moving |
 A
style and delivery coach, Jon Beaupré works with student anchors
Matt Brennan (whose here for a second year) and Gretchen Heim |
 Working
the ANCHOR Academy (L) former KTTV sports anchor Randy Kerdoon
and KNTV Anchor Ross Becker who flew in from Las Vegas for the
weekend |
 With
APTRA Academy from the beginning, KMEX Photojournalist Art Quezada
(posing with KSBY's Wes Rodda) brought one of the station's
livetrucks to the camp. KCAL and KVEA also graciously provided
livetrucks adding a sense of reality to the weekend |
|
 KCOP
Reporter Gigi Graciette works with student reporter Susan
Walter preparing a mock liveshot that will be seen by other
students on a TV in the ranch mess hall.
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