Photojournalism

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Photojournalism
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Overview

Capturing Truth: The Power of Images in Storytelling, Advocacy, and Documentation

Duration	15 weeks
Start from	Start Now
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Photojournalism
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Swayam
Highlights

Earn a certification from Pondicherry University
Learn from expert faculty

Photojournalism
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Swayam
Course details

Skills you will learn

Photography ISO

Who should do this course?

Media professionals, journalists, and editors seeking visual content for news stories and publications

What are the course deliverables?

Learners would master the concepts and practice of photography
Learners would be prepared to enter the field of photojournalism
Learners would be able to join any media organization as a photojournalist or be a self-employed photographer
Learners would develop their individual potential for photography and photojournalism
Learners would be introduced to different branches and styles of photography and photojournalism

More about this course

Photojournalism captures the essence of events, emotions, and cultures through compelling visual storytelling
Utilizing the power of images, it chronicles current affairs, societal issues, and human experiences with authenticity and immediacy
Through candid moments frozen in time, it fosters empathy, awareness, and understanding across diverse communities worldwide

Photojournalism
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week 1

The role and importance of photojournalism in media

Week 2

Introduction and development of photography

Week 3

History of photojournalism with special focus on Homai Vyarawalla

Tools of photography: Introduction to photography, exposure and exposure triangle

Tools of photography: Understanding shutter speed, aperture and ISO

Week 4

Digital photography: Experiments with understanding light (underexposure and overexposure)

Digital photography: Camera lenses, focal length and starting off to shoot

Photography elements and principles: Understanding depth of field

Week 5

Emergence of digital technology: Basics of digital camera

Digital camera: Shooting modes and menu

Digital photography: Crop factor, colour temperature, pixelation and noise

Week 6

Doing photography: Composition

Doing composition: More on rules and in-camera composition

Week 7

Different types of lighting and its uses: Available light and time of the day

The use of flash in photography

Writing captions for photographs

Week 8

Life of a working photojournalist

Week 9

Meet Dinesh Krishnan: Photojournalist and photo editor

Week 10

Photograph editing: Basic techniques and workflow

Cropping, enlarging and reducing

Clubbing and grouping: Mind mapping, developing photo essays, features and human interest stories

Branches of photography: Need and importance

Photojournalism
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Faculty details

Dr. Radhika Khanna

Dr. Radhika Khanna is a faculty in the School of Media and Communication, at Pondicherry University. She is the Head in charge of the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, and the Director in charge of the Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) at the University. Before that, she taught at Kamala Nehru College (B.A. Hons. Journalism) and at Gargi College (B. El. Ed.), University of Delhi.