About PMA Newsline
PMA reporters search the industry for the latest business and technology trends, company news and more. Updated every business day by 10:00 a.m. EST, the PMA Newsline is the longest running, most-trusted news source in the industry.
Staff/contributors
Gary Pageau/Publisher
Covering company news, photo specialty retail, online imaging, photo publishing and new products/technology
Gary Pageau
Gary Pageaubegan his PMA career in 1987 in the editorial department. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit and corporate relations department. The PMA editorial department activities include the Association’s monthly flagship magazine, PMA Magazine – Connecting the Imaging Communities; numerous monthly newsletters; and a daily news update. The PMA marketing research unit conducts both industry and consumer research in the field of photo/imaging, which is cited widely in the business and the trade press. He can be contacted at gpageau@pmai.org, or follow his tweets at www.twitter.com/garypageau.
Jennifer Kruger/Senior editor
Covering company news, photo specialty retail, new technology and camera repair
Jennifer Barr Kruger
Jennifer Barr Kruger began writing for PMA magazine in 1994, and is now senior editor. She is also editor of several PMA enewsletters, including AIE – The Imaging Executive newsletter for members of the Association of Imaging Executives (AIE) and Digital Imaging Digest for members of the Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA). Barr Kruger also creates podcasts at www.DIMAcast.com and www.imagingexecutive.com from various interviews for Digital Imaging Digest, AIE – The Imaging Executive, and PMA magazine. Barr Kruger can be reached at jkrurger@pmai.org.
Bonnie Gretzner/Senior editor
Covering professional photography markets
Bonnie Gretzner is a senior editor with PMA magazine and has been a professional writer for 16 years. She joined PMA in 1998, and also served as managing editor in the past. Gretzner covers a wide range of topics for PMA, including professional imaging, technology trends, and retailing. She also is editor of The School Photographer newsletter for the Professional School Photographers Association (PSPA) and Photo Imaging newsletter for the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA), a PMA member association . Gretzner can be reached at bgretzner@pmai.org.
Don Long/Senior Editor
Covering company news, photo specialty retail, and Canada activities
Don Long
Canadian-based journalist Don Long is senior editor for PMA magazine and PMA Newsline Canada. For more than 35 years, this award-winning writer’s work has ranged from the highly technical to consumer oriented, with articles appearing in daily newspapers and consumer and trade magazines. His images have appeared on magazine covers and have illustrated his written work, with several of his giclée prints exhibited in a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, gallery. Long can be contacted at dlong@pmai.org.
Paul Worthington/Technology contributor
Covering new products/technology, mobile imaging and the occasional zombie outbreak
Paul Worthington
Paul Worthington is senior analyst, Consumer Imaging, with Future Image. He produces the monthly 6Sight Report newsletter, and the companion 6Sight Weekly Briefing news coverage. He has focused on digital photography for 12 years. Worthington previously was a technology correspondent and magazine editor for more than a decade, specifically covering imaging, multimedia, and digital video in that time. He is the former editor in chief of MacHome, and has worked at InfoWorld, Publish, and Multimedia World magazines. Contact Worthington at paulworthington@6sight.com
Sheila Pursglove/Custom framing and scrapbook contributor
Covering custom framing and scrapbook retailing
Sheila Pursglove joined PMA in 2004 as an associate editor for PMA publications. In 2005, she became the manager of Business Development for the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) and Professional Scrapbook Retailers Organization (PSRO), PMA member associations. Pursglove currently helps plan PPFA and PSRO conferences, develops business resources, and edits their publications. She writes the monthly PPFA newsletter, “For Members Only” (FMO) and contributes to PMA magazine. Pursglove can be reached at spursglove@pmai.org.
Kristy Clairmont/Marketing research contributor
Covering industry trends and PMA Marketing Research
Kristy Clairmont joined PMA in 2007 as a marketing research analyst. She contributes weekly PMA Data Watch articles to PMA Newsline and manages the PMA Foresight marketing research blog. She assists in the preparation of various marketing research reports. Clairmont can be contacted at kclairmont@pmai.org..
Thomas Bloemer/Europe markets contributor
Covering European industry news
Thomas Bloemer
Thomas Bloemer is Managing Partner and CEO of C.A.T.-Verlag Bloemer GmbH, the leading publishing house for imaging, consumer electronics and graphic arts trade magazines in Germany. The company started producing publications for the PMA members in Europe as early as 1990, including PMA European Newsline, PMA Italian Newsline and the German edition of PMA Magazine. For his contributions to PMA Newsline, Bloemer can rely on a competent team of expert editors. He can be reached at t.bloemer@cat-verlag.de.
Tom Crawford/PMA corporate communications
Covering PMA announcements and press releases
Tom Crawford is PMA Corporate Communications executive, with duties including media relations and overall communications on behalf of the organization. He is also trade liaison for the Sports Photographers Association of America (SPAA), a PMA member association. A 24-year PMA veteran, he is also a weekend sports talk radio co-host on the The Jack & Tom Show, in Lansing, Mich. (WILS 1320 on the AM dial). He can be reached at tcrawford@pmai.org.
