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  • Descriptor Title
    Introduction to Photojournalism
  • C-ID Number
    160
  • Units
    3.0
  • Date of Last Revision
    10/12/2017 04:44:05 PM PDT

General Description

This course deals with the photographer as a journalist, focusing on theory and practice in press and publications photography, with emphasis on using the camera as a reporting and communications tool.  Covered are news and feature photography and photographic essays, including composition, impact, and creativity, for newspapers, magazines, Internet and other mass communications media.

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Advisories

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Content

  • Role of photojournalism and press photography in modern mass media
  • History and development of the camera as a reporting tool
  • Careers in photojournalism
  • High impact photography: the decisive moment
  • Photo composition
  • Camera and photography basics
  • Cutlines: The photographer as writer
  • The tools of photojournalism: hardware and software
  • What makes a good news photo?
  • Ethics and legal issues of photojournalism
  • Introduction to electronic editing of photos
  • Introduction to web images and video
  • Electronic photo storage formats

Lab Activities

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Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the role of photojournalism and photojournalists
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the history development of photojournalism
  • Demonstrate an understanding of career options and processes in photojournalism
  • Illustrate an understanding of capturing peak action or storytelling composition
  • Create storytelling images, slideshows or videos 
  • Demonstrate a working familiarity with the camera
  • Analyze legal and ethical situations in photojournalism
  • Write effective cutlines for photos
  • Edit and store photos on a computer

Evaluation Methods

Projects
Exams
Critiques; peer critiques

Textbooks

Kobre, Kenneth. Photojournalism: The Professional Approach. Focal Press

Horton, Brian. Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism. McGraw-Hill

Langton, Loup. Photojournalism and Today’s News: Creating Visual Reality

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