Course Syllabus

Fundamentals of Photojournalism Summer 2015 ​ Faculty: Shauna Bittle, [email protected]

Overview Fundamentals of Photojournalism will introduce students to the practice of professional photojournalism. Students will learn to approach situations with an eye toward comprehensive, in­depth and authentic photo documentation. Weekly assignments will be based on the LIFE Formula for Visual Variety in the Photo Story, with focus on image content and effective composition. Students will learn to edit images thoughtfully and present them on the page. The course will also cover industry expectations for professional photojournalists. Students will learn to follow A.P. standards for professional caption information and will study the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Press Photographers Association.

Week 1

Class 1, 07/28/15 Lecture: The Candid Image: Finding, Identifying and Capturing Moments Read: Chapter 3, General News Workshop: Camera Proficiency Assignment (due 07/30): Select winning BOP or POYi news image, write response piece

Class 2, 07/30/15 Lecture: Life Formula for Visual Variety Seminar: News Images with Impact Lecture: Captions Read: Chapter 5, Features Assignment (due 08/06): Overall, Medium, Close­up

Week 2

Class 3, 08/04/15 Lecture: Working with Natural Light Lecture: Honest Emotion and Interaction: Showing Relationships Workshop: Lightroom Read: Chapter 8, Photo Story, On Being a Photographer Assignment (due 08/11): Honest Emotion and Interaction

Class 4, 08/06/15 Critique: Overall, Medium, Close­up Lecture: Photojournalism and Issues Reporting Lecture: The Photo Story, images in narrative Read: Vicki Goldberg: Photography in the Magazine Era Assignment: Response piece to winning POYi photo story

Week 3

Class 5, 08/11/15 Critique: Honest Emotion/Interaction Seminar: Issues Reporting with Images Lecture: Candid and Environmental Portraits Read: Chapter 14, Ethics and NPPA Code of Ethics Assignment (due 08/18): Candid and Environmental Portrait (1 each)

Class 6, 08/13/15 Lecture: Photo Ethics in Photojournalism Seminar: Photo Ethics Read: Chapter 10, Photo Editing Final Assignment (due 08/27): Multi­picture package in Layout

Week 4 Class 7, 08/18/15 Critique: Portraits Lecture: Photo Editing Read: MacDougall Layout

Class 8, 08/20/15 Lecture: Designing with Impact Workshop: InDesign

Week 5 Class 9, 08/25/15 Work Session: Photo Editing in Progress Work Session: InDesign

Class 10, 08/27/15 Lecture: Making a career in Photojournalism Final Critique