JOU 1000 APRIL 20, 2020 CLASS

1. JOU 1000
Introduction to Journalism
Professor Michael Rizzo
Director, Journalism Program
Division of Mass Communication
College of Professional Studies
April 20, 2020

2. JOU 1000
Introduction to Journalism
Previous Class – April 16
Interviewing

3. JOU 1000
Introduction to Journalism
TODAY’S CLASS
Follow-up on interviewing
Photojournalism

4. RECAP
Interviews should reveal the person
or important facts and insight
Craft open ended questions
Ask tough questions but be
professional and respectful
Be yourself and be curious as
an interviewer

5. Stories from interviews
…capture the character, spirit and style of
your interviewee.
Convey the news: the facts that they reveal
about themselves or the story they are
connected to.
Don’t just list facts – then your story is like
a narrative résumé…get beneath the
surface…tell a story about this person and
the event(s) making them newsworthy.
Adapted from www.cubreporters.org

6. Photojournalism
José Víctor Salazar Balza (28) 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

7. PHOTOJOURNALISM:
telling of a story through photos…
drawing in…the viewer [and
encouraging viewers to see the
story behind the picture…
[that] take people to different
places and…the events [shown]
https://streetbounty.com/what-is-photojournalism/

8. Good journalism photos should show:
A good angle
Can’t tell much

9. Good journalism photos should show:
A good angle
Shows more because of
the side angle.

10. Add a human element
Boring

11. Add a human element
Better: you can really
see the impact of the
rain here.

12. Convey
action
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

13. 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

14. 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

15. This video is in BlackBoard under the Content Tab for our course.

16. Go to the Discussion Board for our
JOU 1000 class in BlackBoard and
post a THREAD on what tip about
photojournalism from the Reuters'
photographer video struck you the
most and why?
You have 5:00 and then the Board will
close.

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

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

19. For Thursday April 23, 2020
Our class will do a LIVE WebEx
interview with 2016 St. John’s
graduate and ESPN Associate
producer Megan Murphy.
You can find SOME research about her at the
link below but think creatively on how to
find more about her. Thoughts about where
to look?
https://www.stjohns.edu/about/news/announcements/me
gan-murphy-collins-college-professional-studies-graduate-
gets-promoted-associate-producer-espn

20. For Megan Murphy Interview
Craft and submit TWO questions in BlackBoard
to ask Megan Murphy for our LIVE interview.
Follow the guidelines on good questions and
craft questions based on your research.
The DEADLINE to submit your questions is
Wednesday April 22, 2020 by 9:00 p.m. EDT.
I will moderate the interview session but YOU
may be able to ask follow-ups. Pay attention
and be ready to take notes to write a story
afterwards.