Photojournalism in Practice

COM 2232
Closed
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Pomona, California, United States
Lorena  Turner
Lecturer
2
Timeline
  • April 5, 2021
    Experience start
  • April 6, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 8, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
1/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Non profit
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Media Visual arts
Skills
photography photoshop visual storytelling lighting written storytelling
Learner goals and capabilities

Photography for media publications and public relations. Photo editing, picture stories and photo illustrations. Photography and lighting for newspapers, magazines, and other media publications.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
10 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  1. Visual media collateral
  2. Written pieces to accompany media collateral
Project timeline
  • April 5, 2021
    Experience start
  • April 6, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 8, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students in groups of 2-3 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations and material.

Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Applying basic camera, recording and electronic darkroom skills required by photojournalists.
  • Photographing people in controlled and uncontrolled environments using visual elements that emphasize content, mood and style.
  • Capturing everyday images of life, using visual elements that emphasize content, mood and style to provide documentary images that tell a story.
  • Using story telling and editing skills combining images and audio for multimedia web site presentations.
  • Exploring issues pertaining to: law, ethics, controversial images and “intellectual property”

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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