Photojournalism

Catalog description

Prerequisite: Photography & Imaging: Analog and Digital. This course will be based on weekly assignments under the pressure of deadlines. Students will be working with digital cameras as well as with traditional film and printing in the darkroom. Topics to be covered include: 1. how to build a story 2. the demands of a one-day feature 3. how to present your story ideas and your assignments to editors 4. ethics of representation 5. working in different communities and cultures 6. copyright, libel, privacy, and other legal issues 7. practical issues including how to get permits and the business of photojournalism 8. how to transmit photos under combat conditions 9. how to develop your style of photography in a journalistic context. Assignments will often echo current events. Class time will include lectures, critiques, and visits by editors and photographers from the New York Times and other periodicals.