Here is a round-up of photo Region 10 newspapers who sent shooters to the Olympics in Beijing.

The June 2008 Still contest results are in! Congrats to Bryan Patrick of the Sacramento Bee for pulling in three wins this month and Tim Wimborne of Reuters Australia - its been a while since we’ve had an international winner.

The Cox family launches The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photographers. The foundation was created in memory of Jim Cox, a KTVK photojournalist killed in summer 2007 in a mid-air helicopter collision over Phoenix.

Auction is set for Friday, July 25, 2008, from 6:30-8 p.m. at The Ventura Campus of Brooks Institute of Photography.

Jared Dort, a photographer for The Sun in Yuma, AZ, was taking feature pictures when he saved a boy from drowning in a canal near Friendship Park..

NEW YORK Only about a dozen reporters are currently embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq — a shockingly low number. The latest is Scott Hadly of the Ventura County (Ca.) Star, who arrived in-country on Thursday, along with a freelance photographer. 
Awaiting his first mission, he sent back from Baghdad a blog posting to his paper about [...]

The July 2008 issue of NEWS Photographer magazine features a cover story by Brian McDermott about some of the photojournalists who have been living on the road with the presidential candidates.

Angela Pancrazio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who later became a writer and video storyteller, died June 20, 2008, at her home in Phoenix. the Arizona Republic reported this morning. She was 51.

The April 2008 still contest results. Congrats to the Bee papers with six wins - four by Bryan Patrick

PhotoShelter Announces ‘Shoot! The Day’ Global Event & Competition and Launches ‘School of Stock’ Educational Initiative

With Co-Sponsors Nikon, Adorama Camera, Shoot Digital, Event Will Mobilize Thousands of Photographers Worldwide to Replenish Stock Photo Supply;