Powerpoint displaying what route to take for photojournalism

1. Progression
Assignment
(Units 10 and 85)
By Isabella Sasso

2. Degree Shows:
University of Westminster and City
University London
Going to Westminster, I was shown a presentation by the professors
that taught in the field of Journalism, which went through the course
of the three academic years of being an undergraduate student
learning journalism BA (Hons). Furthermore there was an additional
presentation on the finance of the University and how to manage
money sensibly. After the presentations, I was introduced to a
professor who gave me one-to-one knowledge of finance in the
course, where and how much accommodation would be if I were to
stay residence and finally applying for a place at the University.
Finally, later on in the open day, current students of the University
gave tours of the journalism building and gave us examples of what
they would carry out in each room, such as the room with
microphones and green screens would be used to carryout media
journalism like news reports. I learnt on the day that journalism
includes much more than writing due to the way our society has
advanced in technology.
What The Course Includes:
YEAR 1
•Digital First: Introduction to Producing Online/Multimedia Journalism
•Introduction to Consumer and Lifestyle Journalism
•Introduction to Journalism
•Journalism: Stories and Histories
•Media and Globalisation
•Media and Society
•News, Features, Comment
YEAR 2
Journalism, Politics and the Media
Media Law and Ethics
Multimedia Storytelling and Production
Pitch, Produce, Publish: Creating Modern Magazines
Researching Media and Communication
Specialist Journalism
Theories of Media and Communication
YEAR 3
Dissertation
Extended Essay
Final Journalism Project
Media Futures
Specialist Journalism

3. University of Westminster strengths
This university has so much to offer with a wide range of facilities, transport near the location and the location its self.
Furthermore the people who attend and work at the university are all very friendly and helpful when it comes to the
assignments of the class. The facilities in the area of Journalism include; Mac computers, microphones and recording
equipment, recording studios and lecture rooms. Furthermore, the building, Harrow, is situated next to a tube line,
allowing the commute to the building easier along side with shops and restaurants near by. Although the university
environment is independent, there are still many ways to get help, like study groups, email to talk to professors,
internet access and friends.

4. City University London
Whilst attending City University open day I was shown and
informed about the living and studying in London and how it
benefits to be in that location. I then went on a tour of the
campus, being led to each room and what their uses were. Finally I
was introduced to the staff and a large amount of current
students, where I was informed further about what the university
offers in my field of interest. I learnt whilst attending the open day
that although there is help when needed, the majority of the time
is independent work which would cause me to have to take
responsibility of my work, schedule, time management and turning
up to classes. In addition the students suggested that in order to
be acknowledged by the professors, I will have to ask them
questions and take control of my learning because one has to ask
for help in the independent environment of university.
What The Course Includes:
YEAR1
History of journalism
The British media
Introduction to journalism
Politics and current affairs
Foreign language.
YEAR 2
Multimedia production
Writing and reportage
Power without responsibility
In the second year, Journalism students can also choose from a wide range of
options such as visual journalism, data journalism, humanitarian
communication, sports journalism, political scandals and shorthand.
YEAR 3
•Advanced practical journalism: broadcast
•Advanced practical journalism: print or online
•Journalism project (print, broadcast or web) or a dissertation
•Media law and ethics
Third year elective modules include:
•International news
•Advanced photo journalism
•Reporting science and the environment
•Arts and culture
•Fashion and lifestyle reporting.

5. City University London Strengths
The strengths of this university is that it has so much to offer, being in a good, social location and
the wide range of equipment. The University has the basic News room equipment like green-
screen, cameras and other various recording devices, along with other rooms for lectures and
study sessions. Furthermore the living accommodations offer a clean fairly spacious living space
along with a desk to study and a bed. In addition the university own multiple libraries where the
majority of the students claim that it is their favourite place to go to carry out assignments and
study sessions for upcoming examinations. In addition, the third year of this university offers a
year to study abroad in either; France, Denmark, Netherlands, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, South
Korea, Turkey, USA and Australia. Or they offer a year of work experience or internships at AFP
(live commentaries on the Rugby World Cup 2015, and Football World Cup 2014), Sky News, Sky
Sports, The Times, Reuters, The Telegraph, The Mail Online, Men's Health Magazine - journalist
internship, Prospect Magazine and the New York Times, which could lead to an instant career
after graduation.

6. Journalism
Journalism is a career in which one writes news for newspapers or for broadcasts on radio or
television. Journalism can include; Activist Journalism, Advocacy Journalism, Comic/Graphic
Journalism, Database Journalism, Feature Story Journalism, Gonzo Journalism, Inverted
Pyramid style, Photo Journalism and Tabloid Journalism. There are many famous
photojournalists like Kevin Frayer, Carol Guzy and Don McCullen. The way these journalists
and many others gather their information is by using the Parachute Journalism technique,
where the journalist goes to the point of interest to create an alternative and new
perspective of the news. These journalists have to go to countries of different languages and
work with incredibly tight deadlines, making it challenging to work this way. However for
Photojournalists, they have to do this frequently in order to display a clear link between the
text and the image.

8. Career Path: Don McCullin
Don McCullin is a British Photojournalist born in October 1935, famous for his war
photography and his urban images. Don grew up in North London but was evacuated to
Somerset during the time of the Blitz. Although he won a scholarship to the
Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts, McCullin was unable to pass his theory paper
when he desired to become a photographer in the RAF, due to his dyslexia. In 1959,
McCullin took images of a gang for The Observer, which is where his career started off.
Don McCullin’s career required him to take many risks due to the fact that his life was at
risk whilst taking images in warzones and riots. In fact, in 1968, Don’s Nikon camera
prevented a bullet from hitting him. The skillset that McCullin would have for
Photojournalism is photography skills, and writing skills in an informative way. Although
McCullin was dyslexic he was able to write in an informative way about his images that
he took in the war.

9. Don McCullin: His work
This image is arranged in an informal way, due to the fact that it was a documentary shot, taken for a journalistic
piece. This image is in a closed arrangement because of the way that the people on the outside of the image are
looking into the focal point, the woman crying. Furthermore, this image is fairly invasive due to the fact that the shot
does not contain a large amount of background, making the focal point clearer. The purpose of this image was to
inform the public of how global events effect everyday people in the most excruciating ways, in order to make
people more aware of their lives compared to others, also to tell others what is happening in the world around
them. Don McCullin’s target audience is the general public due to the fact that the purpose of his work is to inform
and reveal events around the world, specifically in warzones. I find that McCullin took this image to try and get the
viewers to feel empathy of people in other countries that are feeling despair. Don McCullin has used a grayscale film
Canon camera in this image, with natural lighting. The lighting in this image has printed out darker with the majority
of the image being dark and mid-tones, which changes the mood in the image to seem more dreary and unsettled.
Generally, documentary and photojournalistic images are shot in landscape in order to capture the majority of the
image, therefore causing it to look more like a story rather than a profile.

10. Career Path: Carol Guzy
Carol is an American photojournalist, being born in March 1956. Carol shoots images of poverty and war
in less privileged countries, due to the fact that she was previously a nurse and she was exposed to
human suffering and became very sensitive to the top, therefore giving her a muse. Carol has worked
for, The Miami Herald, The Washington Post and her work has appeared on the Photography Channel.
Guzy acquired her photographic skills from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale where she also earned a
degree. Although Guzy was taught photography and art, through the years of her work, she has
developed her style and has an individual theme to the majority of her images, making them more
personal. Guzy claimed that “a photograph can be a powerful witness and an eloquent voice for those
who have none, pictures inform, educate, enlighten, captivate, spur governments into action. They are
historical documents and poignant reminders of our human frailties. Sometimes they touch our very
souls.“ Which is the reason being that she takes images of people in need. I find that Guzy’s colour
images contain a high contrast and saturation due to the fact that it enhances the reality and how
recent the photograph(s) have been taken, in order to inform the public that what is happening to the
people who are suffering is happening at that point in time, not the past. However, her greyscale images
influence the publics mind-set to put a point across that it isn’t complicated that this is happening, it is
black and white, clear as day.

11. Carol Guzy: Her Work
Due to the genre of photography taken out in this field of work, caused the image to be informal and unarranged, unlike a fashion shoot in a studio. The
intense colouring of this image helped define and display to the viewer that it was taken in modern day, and that the vicious happenings in life were being
carried out currently, not in the past. In addition, I find that all of the colours complimented each other in various ways, due to the fact that everyone
around the subject was wearing grey, cool tones where as the child in the centre of the image was wearing a vibrant blue. Although the child was wearing
vibrant blue, it was still a cool tone which was why it linked harmoniously to its surroundings. Furthermore, I find that the photographer had used the loud
colouring to reveal that there was always light in darkness, which then gave hope to the people whose lives were being affected. I think that Carol would
have edited this image on Photoshop, using the Hue/Saturation tool and also altered the levels in order to enhance the shadows, highlights and colouring.
This piece of work was informative and represents the problems in the world that were going on around the people with peaceful lives, due to the fact that
it displayed salvation of the child that was being passed through the fence at a refugee camp, ran by the United Arab Emirates. Although this image wasn’t
visually displaying war and conflict, it reveals how war affected peoples lives individually, not just people fighting. The main focus of this image was initially
of the child, revealing that people were trying their best to save the youngest lives from the treacherous impacts of the war. I find that the image isn’t
overwhelming or invasive in the way that the shot was taken very close to the face of the child in the shot; it displays surroundings and other people. Even
though one can see that the shot is a fairly deep depth of field, it is shallow enough to emphasise the focal point because of the background being slightly
blurred. Finally, I feel that the way this image was laid out displays the true delicacy and fragility of the child due to the size of the hands around him
compared to the size of himself.

12. Progression Route: Fashion
Photojournalism
Fashion Photojournalism can include many types of styles to do with fashion, such as the traditional portraiture, narrative or emotive images.
However, there is also multimedia, where one can paint or overlay different mediums onto the original image. There are many ways of doing
this; making it by hand or editing it on Photoshop. The majority of Photographers in modern day tend to use Photoshop as their main source of
editing, due to the fact that fashion and beauty is a genre which seeks perfection to display to the public. Therefore, this software helps
eradicate any unwanted imperfections that may sway the audience to see a different meaning of said photograph.
When one is interested in becoming a Fashion Photojournalist, it would be best to look into the specific field set along with the general
Journalism. Therefore, one could study Fashion part time in university, whilst working at an internship job at magazine companies. Doing that
would allow your education to further along with getting experience in the journalistic world. In order to receive work experience or an
internship from magazine companies, such as Cosmopolitan, one would go on the website and email someone in charge of interns, informing
them of past experiences and skills which could help get into that field of work.
In order to get into a good journalism course which would cover all types of journalism, one would need top grades of AAA or DDD at college,
however the majority of universities do not require a specific subject to get in. The top 5 universities for journalism are; London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE), City University London, University of Westminster (UWE), Loughborough University and Cardiff
University. At City University London, they have one television studio, four radio studios, two radio-broadcast newsrooms, two digital
newsrooms, and two TV editing and production newsrooms.

13. Progression Route: Fashion
Photojournalism

14. Progression Route: Documentary
Photojournalism
Documentary Photojournalism can include war, strikes, city, poverty, environmental and many more genres; taking images of important
happenings around the world to inform others of what is happening in their lives around them. The majority of the documentary images are
used in newspapers and news reporting shows, such as the BBC to inform audiences around the globe of major events. The most popular type
of documentary photojournalism is shooting war and poverty however it differs depending on the present happenings in the world at certain
times.
Due to the fact that one does not need to have studied photography to become a photojournalist, one could merely study this in university
because it is more than likely that it would be included at some point in the three year course. You will be shown whilst studying
photojournalism at university, how to know when and where to take the image and how to get the most emotive image to present to an
audience in order to affect their mood and emotions. However, if one desired to master more of the photographic side to journalism, then they
could do an internship with a freelance photographer. The way to go about signing up, is to view portfolios and photography websites that
specialise in the informative field, then contact the photographer via email or telephone informing them that you desire to gain more
photographic experience for your journalism course, either for an internship or work experience.
Like in the previous slide, in order to get into a good journalism course at university, you could look at the top 5 in the UK (London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE), City University London, University of Westminster (UWE), Loughborough University and Cardiff University.) These
top universities require the highest A-Level grades however no specific subject matter. These universities teach you how to excel in every aspect of
journalism, from journalism history, to media production and news reporting, along with a module of photojournalism and how to use it correctly.

15. Progression Route: Documentary
Photojournalism