Journalism 2300:News Photography

Week TwelveApril 19, 2010

Announcements

– Grades as of April 17: 230+ A 200-229: B 170-199: C 140-169: D

To be a better photographer…

…you need to take a lot of photos!

The week in pictures MSNBC:

– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

Spot News Photographs

Overall good variety of photographs Tough to plan news photographs;

often happenstance! Lighting still a challenge, especially

at night Let’s decide which photographs are

ready to be published

The beautiful weather on Thursday, April 1 was no joke.  Canal Park drew crowds of people, kicking off the tourist season early.

The beautiful weather on Thursday, April 1 was no joke.  Canal Park drew crowds of people, kicking off the tourist season early.

After many dry days, a light rain comes as a welcome sight for this Duluth man on April 12.

After many dry days, a light rain comes as a welcome sight for this Duluth man on April 12.

Spectators try to stay dry at the UMD Bulldog track meet at Malowsky Stadium on April 14. This was the first significant rainfall of spring in Duluth after having a week full of sunshine.

A young women and her mother have to talk the Police after almost merging into a cop car, coming down on 6th Ave E.

Senior Kristen Danielson brings in a run Saturday against the Mankato State Mavericks.

Fox News reporter Bill Keller covers the flooding of Delano's Crow River on live air while a group of volunteers survey the placement of sandbags surrounding the river on March 19. Flooding in southern Minnesota caused the Crow River to rise 12.17 feet, and the river crested at 19.1 feet, only days after emergency preparations were made.

Lily Andrews enjoys the unseasonably warm weather Thursday afternoon in Canal Park. Temperatures soared into the low 70s for much of the day making it a perfect day to be out in Duluth.

UMD Men's and Women's Track and Field coaches (left to right) John Fulkrod and Joanna Warmington bear the rainy conditions during the Twin Ports Triangular track meet April 14.  Despite the wet track the Bulldogs had many individuals earn personal bests and even provisional Nationals qualifing times.

Chester Creek flows during near record high temperatures Thursday.

On April 15 construction workers continue to work on the new Civil Engineering Building that is being built on the UMD campus. Construction is causing some detours around campus.

Is it a bird or is it a kite?  A family in Duluth, Minn. took advantage of the wind near the lake April 15 to fly a kite.  The Lakewalk was full of walkers, joggers, and Duluthians enjoying the weather.

Early Thursday morning the visibility was low on 16th and Jefferson making it difficult for travelers.

After an accident in the Kenwood Shopping Center, a woman was taken to the hospital in an ambulance on April 15. While still in her car, firefighters and paramedics put a neck brace on her and then carefully laid her on a stretcher. The accident report and names have not yet been released.

The Smelt are running. Water conditions were just right for UMD students Zach May and Travis Schmitz to have a good night. The Smelt come into shallow water to spawn during warmer water conditions. The two picked up the Smelt they caught in their seign net and went back out for more on Park Point on April 14.

UMD construction workers take a well deserved break in between concrete pourings at the RSOP's ice rink on March 31, 2010.

Two ducks meet in the newly green grass in a Duluth front yard.

Matt Coy of Wright's Tree Service carefully climbed a tree to trim all branches and cut down the entire tree for some spring outdoor cleanup on Superior St. April 16.

Matt Coy of Wright's Tree Service carefully climbed a tree to trim all branches and cut down the entire tree for some spring outdoor cleanup on Superior St. April 16.

The unwelcome cold weather on April 14th didn't slow down UMD Junior John Knebel, as he took first place in the 110m and 400m hurdles in the Twin Ports invitational at Griggs Field.

The unwelcome cold weather on April 14th didn't slow down UMD Junior John Knebel, as he took first place in the 110m and 400m hurdles in the Twin Ports invitational at Griggs Field.

Short Season: the morning after a car drove into the Dairy Queen on Central Entrance April 15, the damage has been boarded up but the seasonal buisness wont be able to reopen for another three to four weeks according to owner Gordon Grant.

A Duluth resident sits on the ledge of the Holiday building on Superior Street Wednesday, March 3 contemplating whether to jump or not. After a couple of hours Officers, along with the help of  Chuck Vanderscheuren, a friend of the Duluth man, talked the resident off the building.

Outside of the library at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, renovations are being made on the man-made pond, after a long winter of snow, in order to get the campus ready for  the spring and summer.

Outside of the library at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, renovations are being made on the man-made pond, after a long winter of snow, in order to get the campus ready for  the spring and summer.

Onlookers watch as the Mesabi Miner carries coal into the harbor at Canal Park on Thursday afternoon. The Miner's entrance marked the opening of the 2010 shipping season.

Submit edited Spot News photograph by 4/20

Remember that submitting your edited photograph is part of your class participation grade!

Major Assignment VI: Photo Story

Developing a photo story on a specific theme:– Editorial essay portraying a particular

point of view– OR– A documentary that neutrally captures a

lifestyle, place or issue Five photographs due NOON on

Friday, April 30

Picture story has a theme Not a collection of pictures on a topic Test theme with a headline:

– No theme if these headlines work: “All you ever want to know about…” “A day in the life...” “Aspects of …” “Scenes from…”

– Examples from book: “Every Day is Father’s Day:” page 132 “Generations under the influence:” pages 208-11 “Final Salute:” pages 58-59

– Find a newspeg

Share at least 5 ideas on class weblog….

Now it’s your turn to share ideas for a photo story at:– http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour230

0spring2010/

Photo Galleries A variety of different Web sites Good representation

Easter Photo Galleries Minneapolis Star Tribune:

– http://www.startribune.com/galleries/89842947.html?elr=KArks8Lcac_QE77DyPDiUeLcac_jE77DyPDiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr

Orange County Register:– http://www.ocregister.com/news/egg-242

643-easter-laguna.html British Virgin Isles News Online:

– http://bvinews.com/?p=1830

White House:– http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-

video/photogallery/white-house-easter-egg-roll

Minneapolis Star Tribune:– http://www.startribune.com/local/898766

72.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr

Osseo-Maple Grove Press:– http://www.pressnews.com/articles/2010

/04/08/osseo-maple_grove_press/news/ofireegghunt.txt

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:– http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/pho

tos/89685832.html?page=1 Chaska Herald:

– http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/events/slideshow-eggs-ellent-104

Bloomington SunCurrent:– http://mnsun.mycapture.com/mycapture

/folder.asp?event=973870&CategoryID=25039&ListSubAlbums=0

Washington Post:– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/

content/gallery/2010/04/04/GA2010040402570.html

USA Today:– http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/White-

House-Easter-Egg-Roll/G1514 Naples Daily News:

– http://www.naplesnews.com/photos/galleries/sets/easter/

Isanti-Chisago County Star:– http://isanti-chisagocountystar.com/detail/5632

0.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=easter&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=stories&town_id=

NPR (National Public Radio):– http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/

04/easter_egg_roll.html Chicago Tribune:

– http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-090325-easter-photogallery,0,6667758.photogallery

Stillwater Gazette:– http://www.stillwatergazette.com/articles

/2010/04/08/headlines/644egghunt.txt- Houston Chronicle:

– http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6944065.html

Park Rapids Enterprise:– http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/ev

ent/image/id/11368/headline/Lined%20up/publisher_ID/15/

Huffington Post:– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/

05/white-house-easter-egg-ro_n_525191.html

Chicago Sun Times:– http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/0

4/white_house_2010_easter_egg_ro.html Prior Lake American:

– http://www.plamerican.com/news/general-news/photo-slideshow-easter-egg-hunt-2010-104

East Central Minnesota Post Review:– http://www.ecmpostreview.com/index.ph

p?option=com_content&task=view&id=5047&Itemid=1

Farmington This Week Live:– http://www.thisweeklive.com/2010/04/06

/farmington-children-celebrate-easter/ Pioneer Press Sun Times Media:

– http://www.pioneerlocal.com/galleries/-1,eastergall-032510.photogallery?index=0

New York Times:– http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/pictu

res-188/ Champlin-Dayton Press:

– http://www.pressnews.com/articles/2010/04/08/champlin-dayton_press/news/1cp08egghunt.txt

Fox News:– http://video.foxnews.com/v/4137458/fox-news-

flash-fox--friends-edition Fargo-Moorhead Forum:

– http://www.inforum.com/event/image/id/274241/headline/Easter%20egg%20hunt/

Hastings-Star Gazette Firefighter training session:

– http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/event/photogallery/id/21/

Duke Photo Galleries Duke University:

– http://news.duke.edu/2010/04/cameron.html

Duke Newspaper:– http://dukechronicle.com/frontpage/04/0

6/2010 Duke Athletics:

– http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=1845&SPSID=22724&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=4200&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=

Raleigh News Observer:– http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/

06/423553/that-was-close.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2010/04/06/424041/duke-wins-national-championship.html&gid_index=1#gallerytop

Butler Photo Galleries Butler Newspaper:

– http://www.butlersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/releases/national-title4510

– http://www.butlersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/releases/national-title4510

Butler Collegian:– http://thebutlercollegian.com/

News Examiner:– http://www.newsexaminer.com/articles/2010/04

/04/sports/doc4bb69eba9a711299374477.txt

Indianapolis Star:– http://photos.indystar.com/galleries/927

7-butler-vs-duke-game-action#id=9277&num=69

Indianapolis Herald-Sun:– http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_stor

y_sports/6950230/article-FOURTH-TIME-S-THE-CHARM?instance=main_article

Chapter 15: Ethics Foundations of ethical decision-

making– Utilitarian:

Greatest Good for the greatest number of people

– Absolutist: Certain principles that are fixed: Right to

privacy– The Golden Rule:

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Journalism as a whole: Utilitarian

Set up or just clean up? Altering the scene: Ever OK? Grounds for dismissal:

– Staging a photograph– Suggesting a pose

Tougher standards evolved– Re-creations not OK

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics

Page 357 Be accurate Avoid staged photos, changing

events Keep in context; be complete Treat all with dignity, respect No pay, gifts favors Don’t sabotage other journalists

When facts conflict with photographs

Is it OK to use a model?– Child prostitutes example

When is it OK to stage a photograph?

A continuum of control Hidden cameras

– No control Sports photography Hard news Features Portraits Photo illustrations

Norm Zeisloft

The case of the moving pyramids

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/category/2005_Present/

Shifting standards What did Janet Cooke do in 1980?

Covering tragedy and grief Pictures can actually help victims,

families– UMD police chief

Do all tragedies need photo coverage?– Eddie Adams

Professional or Good Samaritan?

Moral dilemmas of a picture editor

Risk of sensationalism, offending readers

Ken Jarecke:Death of an Iraqi soldier

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4528745.stm

Charles Porter:Tragedy in Oklahoma

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4529389.stm

Let’s look at the book…

Out of Class Assignment:Time to show off!

Due NOON on Friday, April 23 Submit one photograph taken this

semester that you would like to receive feedback on

Needs to fit into one of the categories: general news, portrait, features, sports or spot news

Need to write a caption, describe what category the photograph fulfills

Final Portfolio/Web site Due May 7 Build a Web site through Google Sites Share your best work! Time to dazzle

me/family/friends/yourself by sharing your best work on the Internet

I’m here to help! Go to: http://www.google.com/sites Sign in to your Google account Click on Create New Site This is where the fun begins! Fill out the

form, and try different looks for your new Web site.

Follow instructions at the bottom of the page, and click on Create site.

Build your Home page. Be creative!