Remember photo composition and sequences? Remember audio? Now we’re combining these two skills for the slideshow. Here are a few of my favorites: Chess Competition | Water Dance | Marlboro Marine | One in 8 Million Only in Baltimore would you find someone who ______________. This is your subject for the final assignment, the [...]
Would Darth Vader be as memorable without… ? Listen up! Sound adds to stories: Florida panther | Purr of a hummingbird | 13 seconds in August Audio stories can be news … or narrative: This American Life: Meet the Pros | Luis “Trikz” Da Silva Audio storytelling will inspire you: This American Life | StoryCorps [...]
From last week’s post, Photo Shout-Outs: Taken by Courtney Lockwood. See the rest of her photos here. Taken by Becky White. See the rest of her photos here. Taken by Elise Montalvo. See the rest of her photos here. Also, Brandi Bottalico did some excellent sequencing. Today: Feature stories, part two Warmup: Alternative leads worksheet [...]
J-student Jeremy Bauer-Wolf stalks the perfect photo of Edgar Allan Poe, aka poet and actor Mark Sanders. Of all the photos I took on our Reporters’ Tour of Baltimore, these two are my favorites. (Click to enlarge.) Thank you Thank you to all of the guests who made this field trip possible: Tour guide David [...]
We toured Baltimore today with former Sun reporter and editor David Ettlin, with stops at the Mencken House, the Poe Grave (with special guest Mark Sanders) and Lexington Market (crabcakes…yum.) Several MCOM 257 students tweeted the trip, including Brandi Bottalico: View the story “@brandibot tweets the Reporters’ Tour of Baltimore” on Storify] And Skylar [...]
(Image via m is for moxie) More on Bill Cunningham “Bill on Bill,” a 2002 article he wrote for the NY Times. His On The Street column My favorite On The Street features: The Water Dance and Happy Trails Shots of Mr. Cunningham taken by another well known street photographer, The Sartorialist Ch. 6 discussion: [...]
Here are a few of my favorite photos from your photo packages: Taken by Courtney Lockwood. See the rest of her photos here. Taken by Becky White. See the rest of her photos here. Taken by Elise Montalvo. See the rest of her photos here. Also, Brandi Bottalico did some excellent sequencing.
Today’s agenda We’ll look at your photos and do group critiques using this rubric. Homework: By Thursday, Nov. 10: Read Ch. 6 of your textbook on feature stories. Be ready to discuss anecdotal, narrative and descriptive leads, types of feature stories and story structure. By Thursday, Nov. 17: The feature story. Our topic: Towson’s [...]
But before we get to that, here’s my one thing for you: No matter what you are–journalism or PR major, writer or photographer–study your craft. Practice it. Seize every opportunity and every assignment. No matter what, keep working. Keep producing. This is an important lesson for any skill you want to develop. Today, we’re applying [...]
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Stacy Spaulding teaches journalism and new media at Towson University.
"The best-written journalism comes from direct observation or eyewitness accounts of people in action." --America's Best Newspaper Writing
"The single biggest step toward better writing is better reporting." --Carl Sessions Stepp
