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Journalism 2300: News Photography

Journalism 2300: News Photography. Week Six February 27, 2012. Announcements. Manda Lillie, Statesman Editor. Course website. http://www.d.umn.edu/~lkragnes/12Jour2300Spring/. To be a better photographer…. …you need to take a lot of photos!. Test next week. Open book/computer

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Journalism 2300: News Photography

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  1. Journalism 2300:News Photography Week Six February 27, 2012

  2. Announcements • Manda Lillie, Statesman Editor

  3. Course website • http://www.d.umn.edu/~lkragnes/12Jour2300Spring/

  4. To be a better photographer…

  5. …you need to take a lot of photos!

  6. Test next week • Open book/computer • Multiple choice; true/false

  7. The week in pictures • MSNBC: • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

  8. Let’s look at yourself-portraits! • Creative! • Impressed once again! • What was the biggest challenge? • Biggest surprise? • What did you learn?

  9. Day in Pictures • San Francisco Chronicle Web site at: • http://www.sfgate.com/

  10. Chapter 12: Multimedia • Field of journalism evolving • Merging of traditional journalism storytelling with the Internet

  11. Marriage of image, sound • Sound brings photos to life • Brian Storm, multimedia pioneer • Founder of MediaStorm.org • MSNBC’s first director of multimedia • http://www.mediastorm.org/

  12. Interview or shoot first? • Both work well • Interviews reveal photo possibilities • Photos lead to questions • Look for quiet place to tape interviews • Many different types of microphones • Look subject in eyes • Nod acknowledgement; avoid own voice!

  13. Interviewing tips • Write out list of questions • Open-ended questions • Neutral subjects first, more difficult questions later • Follow-up questions • Listen to answers • Stay on topic • “What it all means” • Ask questions in pairs

  14. Preparing Audio • Transcribe the words • Organize the copy • Identify crucial quotes • Eliminate your questions • Let the quotes tell the story • Write the script • Include good ol’ 5 Ws and H • Keep it simple!

  15. Recording narration • Voice over • Narration written, usually read by reporter • Stand-up • Journalist appears on camera University of California Berkeley http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/

  16. Shooting stills for multimedia • Typical print layout: Might use 6 images • Multimedia slide show: Minimum of 40 images • David Leeson, The Dallas Morning News • Pulitzer prize winner with Cheryl Diaz Meyer • Now full-time videographer for the newspaper

  17. Images, sounds in a slide show • Soundslides software combines sounds, images for the Internet • Pacing the images • Images, sound and text • Difficult to read captions with sound

  18. Let’s look at the book…

  19. Photographer profile • Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on a working photojournalist • Include 10 images on individual slide pages that best portray the photographer’s work • Biographical information, portrait of the photographer NOTE: Email copy of presentations to me by 6 pm on March 19

  20. Let’s brainstorm possible photographers to interview… • Napa Valley Register photographer • Naomi Yeager, Budgeteer • Bob King, News Tribune photographer • Stormi Greener, Minneapolis Star Tribune

  21. Final Project:Let’s build a web page • Google Sites: • http://sites.google.com

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