Photojournalism:
Assignment #4 is due July 21. Please send to mprince@olympic.edu and michaelsprince@yahoo.com. If you have any questions about your assignment, please let me know. Your task is to capture four news photos and write a 200-word essay on the reading assignment. Shoot images of people engaged in a newsworthy event. It doesn't have to be a thrilling spot news event, like an arrest or wreck, etc. You might shoot an image of someone pumping gas (a good shot would include a price per gallon sign). The soaring gas prices are newsworthy. Get candid images. Consider everything in your view as you shoot. Get close. Write effective cutlines (one or two sentences describing the event, not obvious in the photo). -Mike
Here are a couple of sites you might enjoy checking out:
http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2216539/k.17A1/Henri_CartierBresson_Exhibition_Images.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/
Mass Media:
Assignment #3 is due July 28. Please send to mprince@olympic.edu and michaelsprince@yahoo.com. If you have any questions about your assignment, please let me know. Your task is to write a 1,000-word essay summarizing the reading assignments. Please write more on areas of special interest to you. And include personal experience where relevant. -Mike
Here are a couple of sites you might enjoy checking out:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92555693
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071002765.html
Journalism at Olympic College
Journalism courses at Olympic College focus on the basic skills needed for students to transfer to four-year programs. Courses also expose students to cutting-edge theory and technology in preparation for careers in the growing field of mass communication. Journalism students apply knowledge learned in JOURN 100/Introduction to Reporting, JOURN 105/Photojournalism and CMST& 102/Intro to Mass Media to produce the print and online editions of the Olympic College student newspaper, The Olympian. Students working to produce the print and online editions of the student newspaper earn course credit through JOURN 110/Newspaper Production. Selected journalism students also have an opportunity during their time at Olympic College to earn course credit and valuable professional experience through internships with the Kitsap Sun, the Port Orchard Independent, the Bremerton Patriot, the Shelby County Reporter, the Sea Coast Echo, the Juneau Empire and other newspapers/media throughout the country.
Journalism Courses offered at Olympic College:
JOURN 100/Introduction to Reporting students at Olympic College learn the fundamentals of news writing, news value and Associated Press style.
JOURN 105/Photojournalism students learn the basics of digital photojournalism with special attention to news values and composition.
JOURN 110/Newspaper Production students contribute to the print and online editions of The Olympian as reporters, photographers, editors, graphic artists, advertising representatives, etc.
CMST& 102/Intro to Mass Media students explore the ever-changing world of mass media and its impact on American Society.
For more information about the journalism program at Olympic College, please contact: Michael Prince, journalism professor/The Olympian adviser, mprince@olympic.edu, 360.475.7243, 1600 Chester Ave., Bremerton, Washington 98337-1699.
Summer 2008 Journalism Courses:
JOURN 105/Photojournalism
"So in photography, the first fresh emotion, the feeling for the thing, is captured complete and for all time at the very moment it is seen and felt. Feeling and recording are simultaneous."
-Edward Weston, American photographer
Instructor: Michael Prince, Technical Building 101A
Office Phone: 475-7243
Cell Phone: 204-4879
E-mail: mprince@olympic.edu and michaelsprince@yahoo.com
Office Hours: By appointment.
Description: JOURN 105 stresses recognition, development and creation of news photographs and the skills of the photo editor. The course provides experience in shooting and editing digital photographs.
Objectives: This course is designed to provide an introduction to the principles and theories of photojournalism. This course is also designed to increase understanding of photography as a communication tool and to train the student to translate ideas and newsworthy information into photographic form.
Required Text: Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach by Kobre.
Required Assignments: Students complete seven photo assignments during the quarter. Each assignment requires photos submitted via e-mail. Students must include a cutline/caption with each photo submitted. In addition to reading assignments from the text, students are required to read/look at material provided by the instructor. All reading assignments require a short essay (200 words or less) showing knowledge of the subject and/or conveying opinion about photos, articles, etc.
You might want to create a Flickr account (or something similar) to manage your photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/professorlonghair/
Please give this link a look before you start shooting: http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/
If you do not have access to a digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, you might consider using one (free of charge) from media services at Olympic College, located in the library. You’ll need a media services pass from me in order to do so. If interested, just let me know. There is limited availability.
Grading Methods: Grading of photojournalism skill is unavoidably subjective. There may be times when you disagree with an evaluation; please feel free to say so, that we may explore each other’s thinking. But to assist in a clear definition, let us identify what each letter grade means:
A – Superior, outstanding, equal to what should be expected of a new photojournalist on the job in a daily or weekly newspaper.
B – Very good, better-than-average images; evidence of more than average effort in capturing the story in pictures.
C – Acceptable, satisfactory, average; evidence that photos are valid and correctly presented; that with some editing, the photos are at least “publishable.”
D – Less-than-average images, weak.
F – Unsatisfactory, unusable, very weak.
Final Grade Formula: Seven photo assignments, 10 percent each (for a total of 70 percent of the final grade); reading/essay assignments, 30 percent of the final grade.
Photo Assignments:
#1, mugs, 10 photos of people you do not know, due June 30.
#2, feature, four photos of people doing things, like a day at the park or cruising to Seattle on a ferry, due July 7.
#3, sports, could be a sporting event, like a soccer match or a round of golf, but could be a person kayaking, hiking, throwing a Frisbee, playing horseshoes, etc., due July 14.
#4, news I, four photos of people engaged in a newsworthy event, a war protest in Seattle or a music festival or a Bremerton City Council meeting, etc., due July 21.
#5, news II, see above, due July 28.
#6, environmental portrait, four photos of a person in his/her environment, work, home, whatever it may be, pay close attention to the face and facial expressions, shoot candid images, August 4.
#7, final, your four best photos from the quarter NOT previously submitted, can be news, sports, feature or portrait images, due August 11.
Text Reading/Writing Assignments:
-Chapters 1 and 10, 200-word essay, due June 30.
-Chapters 5 and 14, 200-word essay, due July 7.
-Chapters 7 and 13, 200-word essay, due July 14.
-Chapters 2 and 3, 200-word essay, due July 21.
-Chapters 4 and 6, 200-word essay, due July 28.
-Chapters 8 and 15, 200-word essay, due August 4.
Additional Material Assignment:
-Links posted below, 200-word essay, due August 11.
http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/students/entering_the_job_market/
http://www.poynter.org/subject.asp?id=29
http://www.fotophile.com/links/photojournalism.htm
http://markhancock.blogspot.com/2006/05/todd-heisler-interview-part.html
CMST& 102/Intro to Mass Media
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." -Thomas Jefferson, 1786
Instructor: Michael Prince, Technical Building 101A
Phone: 475-7243
Cell: 204-4879
E-mail: mprince@olympic.edu or michaelsprince@yahoo.com
Office Hours: By appointment.
Description: CMST& 102 explores the ever-changing world of mass media and its impact on American society.
Prerequisite: None.
Required Texts: The Dynamics of Mass Communications: Media in the Digital Age by Joseph R. Dominick.
Final Grade Formula: Four essays of no-less-than 1,000 words from reading assignments, 15 percent each, 60 percent total; research paper of no-less-than 2,000 words exploring a mass media subject of your choice, 40 percent. Please submit all assignments via e-mail.
Reading Assignments:
#1 Essay, due on or before June 30, read chapters 1, 3, 11 and 18. In addition, visit these links: http://www.poynter.org/subject.asp?id=32
http://www.splc.org/legalresearch.asp?subcat=4
#2 Essay, due on or before July 14, read chapters 4, 12, 15 and 16. In addition, visit these links: http://www.pulitzer.org/
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/ethics/
#3 Essay, due on or before July 28, read chapters 8, 9, 10 and 14. In addition, visit these links:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/murrow_e.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/features/dcmovies/allthepresidentsmen.htm
#4 Essay, due on or before August 4, read chapters 6, 7, 13 and 17. In addition, visit these links:
http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/2817.cfm
http://www.driveintheater.com/index.htm
Research Paper: Choose a mass media subject of your choice and write about it, citing a minimum of seven credible sources. Your research paper should allow you an opportunity to explore an area of mass media of special interest to you. Minimum length, 2,000 words. Due on or before August 11.