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RUMBO Brings Salsa to ZUMA September 14, 2005 - DANA POINT, Calif. - ZUMA Press, Inc. the largest independent picture agency and wire service in the world, and Meximerica, a U.S-based Spanish-language newspaper publisher, joined forces this week to broaden the reach of Meximerica's content. The deal grants ZUMA worldwide rights to license the daily picture production of Meximerica's network of RUMBO daily newspapers. RUMBO's four editions (Houston, San Antonio, Austin and the Lower Rio Grande Valley) offer Mexican, U.S. and international news, as well as sports, entertainment and lifestyle features. "ZUMA hit the ground running with RUMBO's content," said John Camarillo ZUMA's sales manager for Latin markets. "We've already syndicated RUMBO's essay on the search for Tia Rosa--the story about a family's failed attempts to reach their aunt Tia, a Guatemalan-American woman who was trapped in an attic following the floods in New Orleans. Prensa Libre, the Guatemalan daily, jumped on the coverage and ran it as cover story! This is the first of many such international sales we're sure to secure for RUMBO," he said. Today's announcement with Meximerica is part of ZUMA's 2005 broader sales strategy that involves aggressively maximizing sales opportunities in the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American media markets, where exponential growth is projected. Key to this strategy's success is providing compelling, relevant content to these markets. "I am very pleased to add RUMBO to the growing list of top newspapers ZUMA represents. Their content is a natural fit to Spanish language media, but I'm also confident our thousands of other media clients worldwide will appreciate their perspective and coverage too," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder of ZUMA Press.  About RUMBO RUMBO is published by Meximerica Media, a company founded in 2003 by a group of media professionals with extensive experience in newspaper publishing and the U.S. Hispanic market. The company is supported by a consortium of investors co-led by Pinto America Growth Fund L.P. of Houston and Rustic Canyon Partners of Los Angeles. zFeatures Hurricane Katrina Portraits - by Toby Morris/ZUMA Press ZUMA Press photojournalist Toby Morris composed a portrait series that gives insight into the experiences of Hurricane Katrina survivors. Subjects range from radiologist Dr. Doug Cosentino, who takes breaks from his work at the Biloxi Regional Medical Center to survey the damage caused to his city, to New York City firefighters Jon Cummings and Martin Currid, who traveled to New Orleans to help their comrades. Each portrait is fully captioned with personal details and remarkable tales of survival. To view more, click here. Who's Shooting What
After wrapping up his reportage in southern Afghanistan on women soldiers fighting the war on terror, ZUMA photojournalist Robert King was redeployed stateside to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  In his place, ZUMA's Stewart Innes will stay on to cover Afghanistan's upcoming parliamentary elections to be held this coming weekend. Innes joined ZUMA earlier this year. Normally based in Kuwait, the Scottish-Lebanese photographer and reporter is fluent in Arabic and English. When he's not shooting on assignment he is often hired as a "fixer" and or translator for major media clients such as The Australian, National Post and Univision TV, among others. To his credit, Innes has covered every election in the Middle East, including those in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. To view more of his work, click here.To book Robert King or Stewart Innes on assignment, please contact Trish Murphy or Ruaridh Stewart at 949.481.3747. Industry News and Events
Documentary Photojournalism Lives On!Fotovision is offering a program for the study and development of documentary photography--a cause that ZUMA proudly supports! This is your opportunity to learn from the best! Instructors include critically acclaimed, award-winning professionals such as Glenn Matsumura, David Leeson, Donna Ferrato and more. Fotovision is raising funds for this program by selling beautifully printed photographs from world renowned photographers. To find out more about the course or about the prints, see http://www.fotovision.org/news/index.php?ID=34. 
DAM Goes to DenverA full house of Denver-area photographers of all kinds gathered, Tuesday the 13th of September at Denver Pro Photo, to learn all they could from ZUMA Press Director Scott Mc Kiernan about maintaining and managing photographic resources in the digital age. American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) hosted the seminar, called Pixel Cash, as part of their "It's Your Business" seminar series--a cross-country effort to help professional photographers run their businesses more effectively. ASMP Secretary Bruce Kluckhohn, the exec who created the Pixel Cash concept, says "professional photographers are making the switch from film to digital in unprecedented numbers. They all face a steep learning curve when it comes to managing their images digitally, and that's where ASMP and Scott Mc Kiernan can help." In May, 2005 a pilot version of Pixel Cash debuted in San Diego to a standing-room-only crowd. Denver was first official seminar in the 10-city cross-country tour. Upcoming bookings include: * Oct. 15, 2005 - Greenville, South Carolina - FishEye Studios, 802 Augusta St. * Feb. 16, 2006 - Connecticut (specific city TBD) * Apr. 11, 2006 - Minneapolis, Minnesota To find out more about the Pixel Cash seminar and if it's coming to a city near you, contact your local ASMP chapter or see: http://www.asmp.org/commerce/pixelcash.php or http://www.DAMlectureseries.com for regular updates. Contacts: ASMP: Bruce Kluckhohn, Bruce@Brucekphoto.com Speaker: Scott Mc Kiernan, Scott@ZUMApress.com *All dates and times subject to possible last minute changes. zReportage Update Katrina's Kids - by various ZUMA contributors An undocumented number of children are among the hundreds of thousands of displaced Hurricane Katrina survivors. The lucky ones escaped with their lives and a parent or other loved one. Many others are still waiting to be reunited with a familiar face. To view the full story, click here. To license this or any other zReportage.com essay, please e-mail Sales@zReportage.com at 949.481.3747. 
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