Week 4

Sept. 13 * * *

TOPICS: Photojournalism, shooting and stories.

DUE at 9 a.m., via e-mail: Blogging 1 (see assignment)

READ: Kobré "A" (see Books)

BLOG: Take notes as you read the book. When you've finished all the reading, make a new blog post about what you've learned. Try to summarize (briefly) the points you most want to remember. (This is a second post, after your introductory post. It will be graded within your Blogging 2 assignment.)

NOTE: Do not paste any photographs into your blog without the explicit permission of the copyright owner. (Photos you took yourself are okay.)

In Class Today * * *

We will have a photo shooting exercise during class today.

  1. BRING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA, if you have one.
  2. Charge the battery.
  3. BRING the USB cable or card reader you use to transfer photos from the camera to a computer.

About Readings from the Kobré Book * * *

All the assigned readings from this textbook are listed in one PDF document, which you can print out. The PDF is linked on the Books page, and you can also just open it online.

The four reading assignments are labled A, B, C and D in the PDF. Exact page numbers are provided there.