Blog Assignment for 2/28- 3/3

A new blog assignment will have each of you completing the following three things by Thursday, March 3, 2011.

1. Find and link your blog to a current news story from a news site or a news aggregator.
2. Find and link your blog to a continuing news story from the same type of source.
3. Find and link your blog to an audio slideshow from a major daily newspaper's website.

For each of the following items you must:

• embed a link to the news story
• include an analysis of the coverage: Is this an example of good journalism? Why, or why not?
• comment on two other people's blogs from this week. I will not be giving credit for comments to blog posts from before this week.

Photojournalism

Taking pictures for a news publication or for journalistic purposes is an exercise in story-telling in and of itself. Take some time today to reflect on some of the basic elements of photo composition.

• Journalism I students- review the elements of photo composition: what they are (the handout on the journalism drive-->photo composition folder will be a helpful reminder) and what they look like in print (pictures). Select examples of each photo composition technique from your work to show to the class. Also check out this guy's blog, and be prepared to highlight some of his photos that YOU FEEL illustrate these same techniques.I'll want you to be able to present one of each in class on Monday.
• Journalism II students- review the PowerPoint show in the journalism drive--> photo composition folder entitled "Photo composition--revised with notes" and then consider the document in the same folder entitled "Photo assignment-beginning" as an assignment for tomorrow. You'll need to be ready to download your photos at the beginning of class Monday (2/7) to complete this (first part) of the assignment.