Overview
Description
Photojournalism course exploring historic and contemporary sports photography with an emphasis on professional techniques and methods.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- photograph candid moments of sports action, emotion and features.
- compose a story visually with an emphasis on game coverage.
- recognize and generate a diversity of story ideas outside of and in addition to game coverage.
- make portraits of athletes, coaches and other sports figures.
- create, edit and transmit a digital photograph for publication on deadline.
- write a complete, AP style caption utilizing IPTC code replacement.
- critically analyze, discuss and make decisions about the ethics of photojournalism.
- understand law and copyright pertaining to photojournalism.
- create a cohesive and convincing sports photojournalism pitch for a professional media organization.
- analyze a specific sports photojournalist or aspect of photojournalism for sports and create a presentation for the class.