Photojournalism

Catalog description

COMM 269 Photojournalism (3) Photography as a medium for communication; creating visual content for newspapers, magazines, and online publications; digital camera and editing techniques. Students complete a series of assignments that help them learn to produce visual content for newspapers, magazines, and online publications. Major topics of the course include fundamentals of digital photography for multimedia and print, ethics, composition, caption writing, photo editing, and the use of electronic imaging software. Through individual and class projects, students critically evaluate their own work and the work of others. Students use class assignments to create a portfolio