Photojournalism

Catalog description

This elective course will teach students the basics of photojournalism as well as explore its history and evolution through lectures, discussions, assignments, and editing sessions. Topics include a brief history of photojournalism, ethics, being on assignment, editing images for publications, documenting a place, capturing an event, environmental portraiture, and how to build a photo essay. Students will produce assignments under the pressure of deadlines, and during the final weeks of the class create a narrative photo essay. While students enrolling in this class are not expected to possess a basic knowledge of photographic technique, each must have a DSLR, mirrorless or smart phone that can shoot in camera RAW mode.