You will present for assessment a body of work, which will include:

1. A digital on-line portfolio of completed photojournalistic assignments (LO's 1, 3, 4 & 5) 50%

2. A Visual Development & Research file evidencing your pictorial strategies and detailed relevant research. (LO's 1, 3, 4 & 5) 30%

3. Short academic essay (LO's 2 & 5) 20%

Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework

This module aims to equip you with a broad introduction to the practice of Photojournalism and forms the basis of knowledge and skills you will need to build on throughout your degree.

This module will be lecture, seminar and workshop based. As part of the assessment you will be asked to design and contribute to your own Web / Blog site. You will be encouraged to become actively involved in telling stories through pictures and you will be expected to work to a series of deadlines in order to achieve specific goals throughout the module.


This module will provide you with knowledge to understand what makes something newsworthy and the basic skills to gather information for story telling. By the end of the module, you should be able to put together a selection of simple Photo-led stories.

You will also be expected to begin to develop conceptual skills around how you communicate a story through images and how images function in today's society.

Technical workshops will include areas such as digital 35mm DSLR camerawork and introduction to Web / Blog site design. Visual and verbal presentation skills will be developed through practice in group tutorials, seminars and group critiques.

Scheduled Learning Activities
Lectures
Practical workshops
Group tutorials (Feedback)
Group critiques (Feedback)
Technical skills modulettes: as appropriate

Guided Independent Study
Independent photographic practice and experimentation
Independent reading and research

Key Information Set Data:
Scheduled Learning 18%
Guided Independent Study 82%

Specialist Photographic facilities and Software as appropriate.
Specialist photographic equipment
Thompson Library
Word-processing facilities
Newsroom facilities / PJ Base room
Media Laboratory
Staffs Live
National and regional newspapers and magazines

Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant.

KEY TEXTS
Barrett, Terry (2011), Criticizing Photographs, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Clarke, G (1997). The Photograph. Oxford University Press.
Hill, P (2007). Approaching Photography. Photographer's Institute Press, Rev Edition.
Keeble, Richard, 2001,(3rd edition) The Newspapers Handbook, Routledge.
Kobre, Kenneth, 2004 (5th edition) Photojournalism: the professional's approach, Focal Press
Langford, Michael, Basic Photography, Focal Press, 2011
Randall, David, 2000(2nd edition),The Universal Journalist, Pluto Press
Wells, Liz, (ed), (2009), Photography: A Critical Introduction, Routledge

FURTHER READING
Hicks, Wynford, 1998, English for Journalists, Routledge
Rudin, Richard, & Ibbotson, Trevor, 2002, An Introduction to Journalism, Focal Press.
Scott, Clive (1999) The Spoken Image: Photography and Language, Reaktion Books
Short, Maria, (2011), Basics Creative Photography 02: Context and Narrative, AVA Publishing
Yorke, Ivor, 2000 (4th edition), Television News, Focal Press

1. USE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND COMPUTING EQUIPMENT, PROCESSES, SOFTWARE AND MATERIALS EFFICENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY
[Application]

2. ENGAGE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO PRESENT INFORMATION IN A WRITTEN ESSAY THAT FOLLOWS CONVENTIONS OF ACADEMIC WRITING AND FORMULATE QUESTIONS, IDEAS AND CONSIDER KEY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTOJOURNALISM
[Learning; Reflection]

3. INTERPRET A PHOTOJOURNALISTIC BRIEF, SHOWING DEVELOPMENT OF PICTURE-MAKING, EDITING, SEQUENCING [Communication]

4. INCORPORATE A DEFINED STORY FROM A WRITTEN PIECE OF WORK INTO A MULTI MEDIA PLATFORM
[Knowledge & Understanding]

5. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO WORK TO DEADLINES
[Problem Solving]