This document provides an overview of a journalism class presentation on photojournalism. It discusses the key elements of good photojournalism, including conveying action or emotion, showing people, ensuring the subject is in focus, capturing an interesting angle, and engaging the viewer. Examples of award-winning photojournalism are presented and analyzed in terms of these elements. Techniques like following the rule of thirds and using natural light are also covered. Students are assigned to find and analyze a recent example of strong photojournalism related to the 2020 US election.

1. JOU 1000
Introduction to
Journalism
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
Collins College of Professional Studies
Presentation for week of November 2, 2020

2. JOU 1000
Introduction to
Journalism
Last class
Broadcast news writing

3. JOU 1000
Introduction to
Journalism
Today
Photojournalism

4. RECAP
ATTRIBUTION COMES FIRST IN BROADCAST STYLE
SENTENCES
REPORTER PKGS USE B-ROLL, THE REPORTER ON
SCREEN IN STAND-UPS, NATS, SOUNDBITES AND
CONCISE INTERESTING AND ENGAGING WRITING
RADIO TERMS: ACTUALITY: AN EDITED PORTION OF
A RECORDED INTERVIEW; R-O-S-R: RADIO ON SCENE
REPORT; VOICER - A RECORDED REPORT THAT
CONTAINS NO ACTUALITIES; WRAP – RADIO
EQUIVALENT OF A TV NEWS PKG
SOTs NEED GOOD INTRODUCTIONS

5. Grading of assignments continues.
Check BlackBoard
If you have a 0 for a grade, or no
grade at all, that means I do NOT
see anything you submitted.
Contact me by email or you will
end up with a 0 for that
assignment.

6. Some general observations on
assignments.
Check your work to correct
misspellings and inaccurate
information
Follow directions – see next slide

7. The instructions in the template says to
REMOVE ALL THE SAMPLE INFORMATION
You need to do that.
If you leave information in a news script that’s
written in CAPS, someone might read it because
anything in CAPS is supposed to read on the air.

8. Photojournalism
José Víctor Salazar Balza catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during a
protest against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.
Ronald Schemidt / Agence France-Presse (AFP)
2018 World Press Photo of the Year,
Spot News First Prize Winner

9. PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Tells a story through a photo.
Good photojournalism draws in the
viewer and encourages viewers to
seek out the story behind the photo
image.
Good photojournalism takes people to
different places and the events the
photo shows.
https://streetbounty.com/what-is-photojournalism/

10. Ask yourself: what makes this photo award winning?
Why is it good photojournalism?
Does it make you want to know more about the
story it briefly describes in the caption?
Does it bring you to the scene of the story?

11. Some basics about good
photojournalism:
Convey action or activity
Show people
Show emotion
Be in focus on the subject (no out of
focus photos)
Find a way to engage the viewer –
make them curious and think about
the photo

12. Good photojournalism should show:
A good angle
You can’t tell much from the angle
this photo was shot from is so close

13. Shooting from a more interesting angle
This photo reveals more because
of the angle from which it was
taken.

14. Add a human element
Boring
Good photojournalism should:

15. Adding a human element
Better: you can really
see the impact of the
rain here.

16. Convey
action and
emotion
Migrants arrive by a
Turkish boat near the
village of Skala, Greece.
Sergey Ponomarev for The
New York Times
Men mourning the death of
Freddie Gray in West Baltimore.
Yunghi Kim / Contact Press Image
for Vanity Fair
Good photojournalism needs to:

17. This photo passes the test:
Action - running while on fire
A person - the man behind the mask
In focus - the flames and person are sharp
An interesting angle - the flames like a cape on his
back
Engaging - what happened here?
Emotion - capturing the moment a man is on fire

18. An Honduran girl cries as her mother is searched by the U.S. Border Patrol. John Moore / Getty Images
World Press Photo Foundation
2018 Photo of the Year
How about this one?

19. Action – the arrest
People – the three people involved and
especially the child
In focus – the face and bodies are sharp
An interesting angle – the adults’ faces are
hidden but we know what’s happening but
the child is clearly seen

20. Engaging – why did this happen and what
happens next?
Emotion – the emotional child

21. Ieisha Evans, 27, is arrested on July 9 at a protest against police violence outside the
Baton Rouge Police Department. Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
2017 World Press Photo Award winner
Think about this photo before you go to the next slide

22. Action – the movement of the officers to
the woman
People - the officers and the woman
In focus – the face and bodies are sharp
An interesting angle – the framing of the line
of police, then the incident in the middle, then
the open space to the right

23. Engaging – what did she do? why did this
happen
Emotion – look at calm and serene she is

24. What to focus on in photojournalism

26. Photojournalism techniques
Apply the rule of thirds

27. Typically try to center the focus of
your photo in that middle column
and the upper row

28. Sometime you can move your
subject off center to draw attention
to the background. But keep the
subject in focus.

29. Follow the lines to create symmetry
in the photograph.
Photojournalists don’t pose their story
subjects but find the angle that
makes the best photo

30. Watch the Steve McCurry posted on BlackBoard
with this class presentation these techniques.

31. Use natural light when possible
but not when it creates a silhouette.
Stay in focus.

33. Digital cameras make it easy to
shoot lots of photos.
But have a plan to shoot by design.
Make a list:

34. Neal Menschel, right, has worked for The New York Times, Newsweek,
People and Yankee Magazine. He has traveled extensively specializing
in photos of third world politics and development, environmental news
as well as politics, humanitarian, social, and cultural stories.
Watch the Photo Composition video posted
on BlackBoard with the class presentation

35. Watch this BBC Smartphone Photos video
posted on BlackBoard with this class
presentation for photojournalism tips

36. Captions
www.poynter.org/6-tips-for-writing-photo-captions/

37. https://ijnet.org/en/resource/writing-photo-captions

38. Assignment for November 5, 2020
Find the best photojournalism example
from any legitimate news website related
to the election of November 3, 2020.
Provide the URL of the photo and then
explain how the photo meets the
the concepts that have been presented
about good photojournalism in this
class presentation and the videos
connected with the class presentation.
This assignment is in BlackBoard.

39. STAY WELL
AND
STAY SAFE