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Photojournalism and Today's News: Creating Visual Reality

ISBN: 978-1-405-17896-9

December 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

266 pages

Description
Photojournalism and Today's News provides a practical guide for aspiring photojournalists as well as an intelligent look into newsroom culture and its influences on photographic assignments, production, and editing. Written by an award-winning photo editor and director of photography, and based on interviews with more than seventy high-profile journalists, this book appeals to students and young professionals alike.
  • Addresses a wide range of practical issues supported by in-depth examples from the field and critical thinking about photography, journalism, and newsroom culture
  • Examines social and cultural issues and how they are communicated through photojournalism
  • Prepares young journalists to respect their visual journalism colleagues by teaching them how to effectively work together
  • Highlights the expectations of the newsroom and editors
About the Author
Loup Langton currently serves as director of the visual journalism program at the University of Miami's School of Communication.
Features
  • Addresses a wide range of practical issues supported by in-depth examples from the field and critical thinking about photography, journalism, and newsroom culture
  • Examines social and cultural issues and how they are communicated through photojournalism
  • Prepares young journalists to respect their visual journalism colleagues by teaching them how to effectively work together
  • Highlights the expectations of the newsroom and editors