Look at the Journalism-Photography Program
Watch the Journalism-Photography Program Video
The department welcomes all students interested in writing, editing, photographing and designing. Drop by the department and join the creative bunch. You may discover a talent for writing in this course. If so, check us out. You will develop people skills from interviewing people you don't know, and you will develop critical thinking skills that will aid you in any career you choose. Have a good semester.
Photojournalism and photo dynamics
Photojournalism is reporting with words and pictures.
These photos would not be readable without the cutlines, even with the artistic composition and the plethora of dynamics.
When editing photographs, the picture editor looks for DYNAMICS. As a photographer, you should understand that and strive to get these into your images.
Dynamics include:
Motion - a blurring effect
Emotion - any of the emotions pictured: anger, sadness, happiness, love, etc.,
Mood - generally done with lighting, texture, smoke, fog, etc.
Action - just as the name suggests, many times combined with motion
Reaction - one person's "reaction" to something or someone else
Interaction - involves several people, usually, and may include touching, etc.
REACTIONWalter Astrada
Agence France-Presse
"Monday screams"
Monday Lawiland, 7 years old, screams as he sees Kenyan policeman with a baton approach the door of his home in the Kibera slum of Nairobi 17 January 2008. Hundreds of police who had earlier clashed with supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga at the entrance of the slum moved into the shantytown and did a house to house search for protestors.
MOTIONDaniel Ochoa De Olza
Associated Press
"Highboard Dive"
China's Jia Hu performs a dive in the men's 10 meter highboard competition during the XIV FINA Diving grand Prix 'Comunidad de Madrid' in Madrid, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008.
MOTION/ACTIONAniko Kovacs
Sport Plusz
"Eye, ball"
Fruzsin Bravik eyes the ball in a water polo game between Hungary and Germany 26 July.
FEATURENick King
Columbia Daily Tribune
"Trophy"
Jill Zulovich, 6, studies her baseball trophy after her coach handed them out to the team after the Royals' tee ball game against the Yankees at the Daniel Boone Little League complex. Jill, a cancer survivor, will represent Missouri on July 16 in a tee ball game on the White House’s south lawn.
MOODLouis DeLuca
Dallas Morning News
"Praying for Safety"
Bullrider Kaden King, 13, prays before his ride on "Terminator" at the Honey Grove Rodeo in Fannin county. Many prefer black and white images because of the mood they portray. This is a good example of the grit of the rodeo and the feelings of the riders.
EMOTIONAmanda Lucier
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.)
"lost"
In her new dress in the back of the car on her way home from the Sturgeon Carnival, Lurlena cries, having lost the competition for Carnival Princess. The title was given to the girl whose parents bought the most votes, in an effort to raise money for the elementary school. The Furlongs, with a single income and five children, spent eight dollars towards tickets for Lurlena, but the loss is still tough for her to accept.
MOODMichael Holahan
The Agusta Chronicle
"a soldiers prayer"
Pfc. Nathanael Harris bows his head in prayer during a candlelight vigil for fallen soldiers Saturday evening June 28, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Photographers taking photographs such as this one are not intrusive during an emotional moment.
Then, we have the horror of war in this photo.
INTERACTION/EMOTION/ACTION
Carlos Barria Reuters
An Iraqi man holds the body of a boy after a car bomb explosion at a market in the neighborhood known as New Baghdad, southeast of Baghdad February 18, 2007. Two car bombs tore through a busy shopping area of a mainly Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 55 people and wounding scores as militants defied a military offensive by U.S. and Iraqi troops.
And the horrors on the home front.
INTERACTION/MOOD/EMOTION
Stephen M. Katz The Virginian-Pilot
Members of the press photograph three Virginia Tech graduate students at the drill field on campus in Blacksburg on Wednesday - 4/17/07 - afternoon during a prayer service remembering the victims of Monday's (4/16) shooting spree at the University.
And the horror of a never-ending conflict.
INTERACTION/REACTION/EMOTIONYonathan Weitzman Freelance
Israeli soldiers move into position inside a Palestinian house during clashes with Palestinian protesters near Qalandiya check-point on the edge of the West Bank city of Ramallah March 16, 2007.
Television’s history and power
A class video about the Civil Rights Movement, presented a memory trip for me.
As I was entering college in the ‘50s, times were tough for African Americans in the South — but I was terribly unaware in my teens. My home town was segregated, but the beginning of the movement for justice and equality had not pierced the psyche of citizens of Pleasanton, Texas.When television began showing the attempted peaceful demonstrations and the resulting violent confrontations in the South, I became more aware of the inequities and the injustice. Then, the Vietnam War exploded on my screen on the nightly news and the anti-war movement gained coverage as the war became more unpopular. The images I showed in class are my gift to your understanding of the troubling and incendiary climate of the time.
The whole world was watching. As the saying goes, “You’d have to be there.”
The class history video pulled together the beginning and the growth and broke down some of the most popular programming: comedy, oaters, variety shows, family sit-coms, drama, quiz shows. And all these programs were on only three or four channels.
Not much has changed. We have plenty of lame attempts at comedy, have replaced oaters with police shows, moved the families out of sit-coms and replaced them with attractive, sex-starved men and women and promise millions in winnings for lucky contestants.
The difference? If you have cable, you can bypass all the drivel and choose whatever tickles your fancy.
Next, we will look at how a very basic news package is put together, and we’ll talk about how networks still place programs into their lineup.
Probably the highest stakes "game" in the world is television programming.
According to how well the players do in this game, hundreds of millions of dollars are won and lost each year. The players are primarily the New York network executives who decide what programs should and should not be on U.S. networks, on what day they should be scheduled, and in what time slots.
Stay tuned.
A little help for project visuals
As you map out your plan for your interview project, here are some links to ideas for visual presentations. You may want to look for free program downloads to do a variety of approaches. I'll be looking for the best ones, but you should be looking, too. If you find something easy and free, let me know.
Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures
Picture Stories
Digital photography tips
Quick soundbites to begin the video
Start with your best shot
Define the storyCapture attention but keep them wondering
Changing shots quickly to create sense of action
Basic principles of online journalism
Poynter Online
Tips for video
Here are three free programs for slide shows:
Photozig
Photostage
Smilebox
This blog uses Dreamweaver to build the pages and a program called Slideshow Pro to build the slides. Paul Zoeller Photography Paul is a former student. A really good one.
SlideShowPro ThumbGrid is $24 for a single-user license.
SlideShowPro Director is $39 per domain. Major credit card or PayPal accepted. All 1.0 updates are free.
A tutorial for SlideShowPro for Flash
Storytelling the interview explains step-by-step what you will need to do.
Here are some peripheral sites if you have time:
Teaching Online Journalism by Mindy McAdams
How do I protect my photo’s copyright?
Back to beginning
Analyzing magazine parts
This will help you better understand our class activity Thursday. Hope to see you.
Preparing for the final exam: Describe four categories of magazines. What is the formula of a magazine? How do editors use the formula to select monthly articles? Where can you look to determine the magazine's formula? Why did general interest magazines lose audiences? What are regional and/or demographic editions of magazines? What is the connection between magazines and advertising? Why do ethnic publications exist?Thursday, we will talk about the magazine formula and target audiences, The Writer's Market and the query letter. And you will serve as editors.
See you Thursday.
Is that you or a touchup?
A problem for young girls' self-image?
In preparation for our study of magazines, advertising and photojournalism, here is an interesting video from The New York Times.Sex, lies and Photoshop
What do you think?
Who's who at the newspaper
Newspapers may vary in organization; this is typical of traditional papers
We will fill in the descriptions of these positions in class. Be prepared to take notes.Photography, design and graphics service all departments, and they provide photos, illustrations, graphics and other peripheral information.
The Editorial Editor and Editorial Writers make up the editorial board of the newspaper. They decide what the official position of the newspaper is on issues, including endorsing political candidates.
This graphic does not include the Business Side of the newspaper, which includes advertising (classified and display), circulation, human resources and the printing plant. Not all newspapers have the presses in-house. The newspaper you will see on Thursday, for example, uses several printing presses across Canada.
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