JRN 220 Basic Media Photography

Week	Date	Topics	Due / Readings
1 – M	Aug. 29	Introductions Syllabus
1 – W (virtual)	Aug. 31	Continuum of Control Photojournalism Ethics
1 – F	Sept. 2	Photo Mechanic intro Let’s create our blogs
2 – M	Sept. 5	NO CLASSES
2 – W (virtual)	Sept. 7	Composition (rule of thirds), finding stories, capturing the moment
2 – F	Sept. 9	The Camera – Get to know your camera shooting exercise (Depth of Field, Shutter Speed, ISO)	Bring your camera to class
3 – M	Sept. 12	Go find a moment – shooting exercise	Bring your camera to class
3 – W (virtual)	Sept. 14	Photojournalism Law What is a feature photo?	KK Ch. 15, 16 Quiz 1
3 – F	Sept. 16	Editing and saving photos with Photoshop tutorial	Have your images from Monday to edit
4 – M	Sept. 19
4 – W (virtual)	Sept. 21	Captioning	KK 147, 150-153 Quiz 2
4 – F	Sept. 23	Small group check-in on feature assignment
5 – M	Sept.  26	Photojournalism and the Power to Change
5 – W (virtual)	Sept. 28	Photojournalism and the Newsroom	KK Ch. 17 Quiz 3
5 – F	Sept. 30	Introduction to Assignment #1 (Feature)
6 – M	Oct. 3	Check-in on feature assignment Looking at sports photography
6 – W (virtual)	Oct. 5	Presentation by photojournalist Sarah Rice	KK Ch. 4 Quiz 4
6 – F	Oct. 7	Class Critique	Feature assignment due
7 – M	Oct. 10	Class Critique (if more students need to present)
7 – W (virtual)	Oct. 12		KK  Ch. 5 Quiz 5
7 – F	Oct. 14	Introduction to Assignment #2 (Sports)
8 – M	Oct. 17	NO CLASSES
8 – W (virtual)	Oct. 19	Portrait techniques Types of flash	KK 468-481 Quiz 6
8 – F	Oct. 21	Class Critique	Sports assignment due
9 – M	Oct. 24	Bounce flash exercise	Bring your camera to class
9 – W (virtual)	Oct. 26	Lenses	KK Ch. 9 Quiz 7
9 – F	Oct. 28	Introduction to Assignment #3 (Portrait)
10 – M	Oct. 31	Introduction to Picture Story Final Project
10 – W (virtual)	Nov. 2		KK Ch. 11 Quiz 8
10 – F	Nov. 4	Class critique	Portrait assignment due
11 – M	Nov. 7	Photoshop Editing Tutorial, Take 2
11 – W (virtual)	Nov. 9	Photojournalism and New Media	KK Ch. 10 Quiz 9
11 – F	Nov. 11	Introduction to Assignment #4 (Event)
12 – M	Nov. 14	The picture story continued	Final Project Proposal due
12 – W (virtual)	Nov. 16	Picture story editing exercise
12 – F	Nov. 18	Class Critique	Event assignment due
13 – M	Nov. 21
13 – W (virtual)	Nov. 23	Picture story check in	KK Ch. 18 Quiz 10
13 – F	Nov. 25	NO CLASSES
14 – M	Nov. 28	Individual Meetings Open Lab
14 – W (virtual)	Nov. 30
14 – F	Dec. 2	Class Critique	News assignment due
15 – M	Dec. 5	Class Critique	Two photos due for final project
15 – W (virtual)	Dec. 7
15 – F	Dec. 9	Class Critique	Two more photos due for final project
16 – M	Dec. 12	Presentation of Final Projects	Picture Story due Late projects will not be accepted
16 – W (virtual)	Dec. 14	Exam week
16 – F	Dec. 16	Exam week