Week 6

TOPIC Photojournalism: Composition, rule of thirds, basic ethics.

DUE Audio 2, Part 2

READ Journalists' Toolkit: Photojournalism -- All seven pages under the heading "Composition"

READ NPPA Code of Ethics

Outline

  1. In-class exercise using MSNBC's The Week in Pictures
  2. Discussion
  3. How to make your photos for next week's assignment

Notes

In the coming week, you will shoot photos during a Reporting assignment. Details will be explained in class today.

Supplemental

News U has a course called "Language of the Image" created by two longtime news photo editors. All News U courses are FREE. You need to register, but that is also free. To find this course, go to the Course List at News U and look under "Photojournalism."