Photojournalism
June 26 - June 30, 2000
Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 4pm
Offered at the University of Maryland through the Maryland Scholastic Press Association, and co-sponsored by The Washington Post.

Heather Kelley, Instructor

This course is designed to introduce the medium of photography to students interested in the field of photojournalism. Learn basic camera and flash controls and get introduced to the darkroom as you take photos and process and print black-and-white film. Students will plan and execute a photo assignment.

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Materials List

The only thing you need to bring with you to class is your 35mm camera. We can work with either point-and-shoot automatic cameras, or manual SLR cameras -- the choice is yours. Film, photographic paper, chemicals, and other darkroom supplies will be provided.

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Syllabus

Date/Time	Monday 6/26	Tuesday 6/27	Wednesday 6/28	Thursday 6/29	Friday 6/30
9:30am-10:30am	Assembly	Assembly	Assembly	Newseum Field Trip	Assembly
10:30am-12:30pm	Camera Controls Composition What is Photojournalism? Intro to the Darkroom	Group A Shooting roll 2 Group B Developing roll 1	Group A Printing Group B Developing roll 2		Story Writing, Polishing and Layout Captions Ethical Considerations
12:30pm-2:00pm	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch		Lunch
2:00pm-4:00pm	Story Assignments & Development Shooting roll 1	Group A Developing rolls 1 and 2 Group B Shooting roll 2	Group A Story Writing & Layout Group B Printing		Clean-up of Developing and Printing Darkrooms Presentations of Stories

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Further Resources

Some good books that go into further detail into the profession and practice of photojournalism are:

• Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism by Howard Chapnick
• Practical Photojournalism: A Professional Guide by Martin Keene
• Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach by Paul Lester (out of print, but probably available in libraries and used book stores)

Web sites, of course, abound. Here are a few interesting plaes to start:

• The Washington Post has recently launched Cameraworks, a site where you can see the work of professional photojournalists
• Check out Photojournalism in Cyber Space, which also has great links to other photojournalism sites
• Hot off the press, Behind the Viewfinder: A Year in the Life of Photojournalism lets you live vicariously through 11 photojournalists on assignment

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