Books and Other Required Materials
For your reading assignments, please refer to the weekly links on the Schedule page.
Required Book
- Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach. Kenneth Kobré. Focal Press, 2004. (See list of assigned readings: PDF, 74 KB.)
Most of your reading assignments will come from online sites, but there is no combination of online materials that add up to the expertise within this book. Make sure you buy the 5th edition.
Recommended Books
- Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. 2004.
- Spring into HTML and CSS. Molly Holzschlag. Addison-Wesley, 2005.
- More to come
The recommended books will help you do your best in this course. No assignments will be made from these books.
Recommended Web Sites
- Teaching Online Journalism (Mindy McAdams's blog)
- Transom.org
- Soundslides.com
- WordPress.com
- JToolkit.com
Recommended Gear
Some audio recorders and microphones will be available for your use during the course. These will be shared. You will have access to lab computers in Weimer Hall.
Read this blog post. We will discuss it in class on the first day.
If you're thinking about buying gear (especially any cameras), please WAIT until you have talked with me.
You will not be required to buy any software.
