You will present for assessment:

1. A Portfolio of photographic pictures, combined with a contextual document. (LO's 1 - 5) 70%

2. A written editorial article to accompany your images, aimed at a professional publication (LO's 2 & 5) 30%

Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework

This module gives you the opportunity to work using an editorial approach to Photojournalism, enabling you to identify visual strategies and editing skills that are necessary to create competent editorial images and stories. You will be introduced to the photographic studio and shown how to use basic studio lighting, both in the studio and on location. You will also be able to test out your acquired journalistic skills within a team as you work towards the development of a joint publication.

For this module you will be asked to produce a set of images and a written article based around a portrait of a subject. You will be asked to collaborate with others to produce a human interest story. Your work should primarily address the visual message, but you will also need to consider the written article itself. You will look at how `house styles' of magazines can help you explore the eventual shooting style you adopt.

The Editorial module will build and expand on basic journalistic skills learnt in The Introduction to Photojournalism and Journalism in Practice 1 modules.

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

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

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

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

Internet:
www.news.bbc.co.uk/news
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
www.ofcom.org.uk
www.nctj.com
www.newspapersoc.org.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/media
Photojournalism Blackboard site - resources pages

Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant.

Boyd, Andrew, 1997 (4th edition), Broadcast Journalism, Techniques of Radio and TV News, Focal Press
Evans, Harold 1978, Pictures On a Page, Heinemann.
Kobre, Kenneth, 2004, Photojournalism: The Professional's Approach, Focal Press.
Szarkowski, J (2007). The Photographer's Eye. The Museum of Modern Art.

Specialist Periodicals:
British Journal of Photography (BJP)
Source
Photoworks
Foto8

1. THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAMING AND PICTURE CONSTRUCTION, PRODUCE A SET OF IMAGES TO ACCOMPANY WRITTEN CONTENT AND DEMONSTRATE A KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY THEORIES RELATING TO YOUR WORK
[Visual Analysis]

2. DEMONSTRATE CONTROLLED PRINTING AND PHOTOSHOP SKILLS TO AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD
[Application]

3. CONSTRUCT A SET OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT INFORMS AN AUDIENCE OF A PARTICULAR EVENT, SITUATION OR ISSUE. SHOW CONSIDERATION AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE PRESENTATION OF FINISHED MATERIAL
[Communication; Problem Solving]

4. ENGAGE WITH OTHERS, DEMONSTRATING COLLABORATIVE SKILLS & VISUAL AWARENESS TO PRODUCE AND DEVELOP A PIECE OF WORK
[Working with Others]

5. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY THEORIES AND THEMES RELATING TO YOUR WORK [Knowledge and Understanding]