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Online Journalism: Theory and Practice

Online Journalism: Theory and Practice. Week 6 Lecture 1 Summer 2011 G. F Khan, PhD Dept. of Media & Communication, YeungNam University, South Korea g ohar.feroz@gmail.com. Last lectures…. --Telling Stories With Pictures. Mostly lecture notes are taken from the book:

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Online Journalism: Theory and Practice

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  1. Online Journalism: Theory and Practice Week 6 Lecture 1 Summer 2011 G. F Khan, PhD Dept. of Media & Communication, YeungNam University,South Korea gohar.feroz@gmail.com

  2. Last lectures… --Telling Stories With Pictures Mostly lecture notes are taken from the book: Journalism Next by Mark Briggs

  3. This lecture… • --Digital Photography Editing

  4. Trends • iPhoneography • Blogs • http://bkkthruiphone.tumblr.com/ • http://www.iphoneography.com/ • Exhibitions • http://pixelsatanexhibition.com/ • Apps • Adobe Photoshop Express, Photogene, Best Camera • Competition • http://www.cnncontest.com/cnn/

  5. Editing decision Source: http://www.nppa.org/competitions/monthly_news_clip_contest/view_winners.php?c=13&d=Jun&r=11&t=GNN&p=2nd

  6. Basic Photography skills are critical for anyone who consider himself/herself a journalist • Pictures provide information • The information must be captured & presented in a correct way

  7. Digital Photography Editing • Get organized • You can use Flicker & Picasa for online storage & organization • Backup your photos • Provide use full names-include date • Editing – become familiar with a program like Photoshop that allows you to size, crop and tone

  8. Online & offline photo editing services

  9. Guideline for editing • Never edit the original • Just in case editing goes wrong • Resize pictures • E.g. for blogs you need a smaller & low resolution pictures. • Crop the unnecessary things • Save a Web version • Compress & reduce the size without lowing the quality • Maintain the integrity of photo • Do not add/remove things

  10. Publish photo on your blog • Publish photos online and share • Wrap text around the photo • Explain the photo in the text or at least refer to it • Make a slideshow • Use • Use captions & useful tags to tell a story

  11. Thank You Questions & Comments

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