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May 18, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHOT 214 - Journalistic and Editorial Photography
PREREQUISITES: PHOT 104 - Photography I
PROGRAM: Visual Communications
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
STUDIO HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2020
Gives students the opportunity to photograph events and human interest features to gain experience in contributions to various publications. Emphasizes establishing visual relationships in the photo essay.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Create editorial photographs for a variety of publications.
- Identify appropriate journalistic practices.
- Relate all photographs visually with one another.
- Create captions for photographs.
- Identify and discuss those historical events/photographers in photography that have an impact on present-day journalistic and editorial practice.
- Identify important photographers and their work by examining slides and websites.
- Name and describe several present-day concerns of a social, political, or ethical, or psychological nature.
- Exhibit a working knowledge of merging traditional and digital working techniques.
- Build a mini portfolio of journalistic and editorial work.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Photojournalism
- History
- Feature photographs
- Weather, news, sports, portrait photography
- Who, What, When, Where, Why and How: captioning photographs
- Editing for journalism
- Publication deadlines
- Ethics and the law
- Publishing and publications
- Traditional versus digital photography in journalism
- Newspaper tour (optional)
- The picture story
- Getting published - options
- Portfolio and resume for journalism and editorial jobs
- Finding a job in journalistic photography
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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