IMMJ Photo Assignment: Week 1

1: Produce a 4-picture story of a national news event. Check the newspapers, TV news and web to see what is happening or find a newsworthy issue to illustrate. Images should be processed, captioned & meta dated and uploaded to your blog.

Occupy Portland protesters gathered at the Waterfront near SW Ankeny and Naito Parkway on October 6th, 2011 to voice their concerns about a range of issues from the economy and financial system to marijuana prohibition and unemployment. Photo: Jeff Kennel

A protester at the Occupy Portland gathering on October 6th, 2011 holds up a sign reading, "This is a non-violent demonstration". Photo: Jeff Kennel

A man holds up a handmade sign during the Occupy Portland protest on October 6th, 2011 reading, "Go Beyond Captialism Investigate Resource-Based Economy." Photo: Jeff Kennel

Although largely Caucasian, much like Portland, the estimated 5,000 strong Occupy Portland crowd on October 6th, 2011 was diverse in terms of age and gender. Photo: Jeff Kennel