Chapter 6 contained so much useful information and guidelines in
regards to photo journalism and using graphics in writing. The chapter covers
simple rules and ethics that allow journalists to gain a better understanding
and practical knowledge of how to apply it into their work.
The first part talks of different rule to
live by when using photojournalism. These rules include the basics of taking a
good picture. Being familiar with the technological aspects of photojournalism,
understanding the software used to edit photos, and finally being able to think
of how the photos will be used. More specifically, the chapter covered the
three different types of shots photojournalists use; long range, midrange, and
close-up. These different shots convey different messages to the reader. The
other rule the chapter discusses is the rule of threes and how it can help a
photographer take an image that will keep the viewers attention. Finally, the
last aspect the chapter discussed regarding photojournalism is writing a cutline.
Essentially a cutline is just fancier captions. A Cutline can either be
used as brief descriptions of what the viewer is seeing called a “Skel line”,
or it can be a long lengthy description, which would be called a “story line”.
A well-written cutline would answer any questions the reader may have about the
photograph.
In the
final parts of the chapter the author takes time to explain and discuss the use
of graphics in a story. Graphics in a story can be the attention getter that
draws a person into the rest of your work. As with any tool of writing there
are multiple choices and guidelines when using graphics. The major components
of using graphics a journalist should be watching for when they are used are,
accuracy, clarity, simplicity, attribution, and numerical data in charts, which
would be presented as a bar chart, line chart, or pie chart.
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