Photojournalism project

Foundations in Journalism
Mr. Lai and Ms. Sackstein
Project #1 – History of Journalism – photo project

Directions: In a dual effort to decorate the pub lab and the classrooms as well as learn about important journalistic moments in history, your task is to find a picture that shows a moment in journalism history or a photo that can be considered photojournalism that captures an important moment in our history.

Steps:
1. Research historical journalism and/or historical moments using photographs – you can use the internet and/or photo journalism books
2. Select a collection of at least 5 photos that function as a series of some kind that focuses on a theme or one event (i.e. photojournalism and its uses during war displaying pictures of one or several wars)
3. You will then have to write a narrative essay (2-3 pages typed and double spaced) that explores the theme or events you have selected.
a. What do the pictures show and what was the effect of people seeing the images when they were first published and still today?
b. How does photojournalism capture these moments for the future?
c. How do pictures tell stories without words?
d. Analyze at least one of the photos and how it functions as a piece of journalism.
4. Keep track of all the sources you use, as you will be expected to write a works cited including where the photos come from (we will be going over this skill in class)
5. You will also need to write captions for each photo that will be displayed with the photos.

A timeline will be established for when each part is due.
You will have to select a topic and/or historical moment(s) by Oct. 17th (Friday, next week)
Due dates will be posted as we go and there will be class time provided for research.