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My biggest goal as a aspiring photographer is to become a photo journalist. I'm a senior in high school and have already had paid gallery shows in town and won scholastics awards. I plan to go to college for photography, but am unsure what I should major in and what classes I should take to shoot for as a photo journalist, also so that I may have a shot at an internship at magazines. While photojournalism is the documentation of events as they unfold, is by definition subjective. Finding the right camera angle, using the proper lens and knowing the history surrounding the subject of the newspaper piece is important to producing marketable images the find themselves on the front page above the fold. On one hand the first choice might be to major in journalism so you have some first hand knowledge of how writers think and work and perhaps by knowing this you will be better able to provide the images they want, but don't necessarily need. On the other hand, perhaps majoring in art or in sociology might give you the tools you need to compose images that have deeper meaning. I would think bringing a different vision to the table would compliment the writing of the journalist and perhaps trigger some interesting discussions which are always a plus in any creative field. My background with a Math-Science minor and radio-television-film added to my experience at Brooks Institute of Photography has all added to my image making abilities in unique. Each photographer develops a style and it is that, in the end that describes how successful they are as a photojournalist, editorial or sports photographer in the print media. One would have to think that diversity in schooling and experience would develop a better photojournalist. Pick a major that suites your personality and character and then get on the schools newspaper as a photographer. The two can co-exist. I know because for two years I worked as a photographer on the Daily Aztec at SDSU. Source(s): Editorial, sports and glamour photographer Brooks alum Having taught photojournalism some years ago (for three years) in a major university, I can say that you would have a better chance if you minored in Journalism and then took courses that would give you depth in World History, American History, Political Science, Sociology and language courses to increase your language skills. There are way too many journalist now who are dumber than a box of rocks who have risen to fame, usually on the TV, because they look good on the tube. It is interesting to note that my daughter, who is a professor of Econ at a small college, has a student who interned at a nearby medium sized city's newspaper. My daughter's college is in VA, close to VT, and though the journalist with whom she interned has moved on to bigger and better things, a major news magazine editor, he called HER (the student) to cover the story in Blacksburg and now, still a student, she is in print in a major news magazine. You never know when breaks will occur. This girl's career just opened wide and she now has a future ahead of her that is unbelievable. Most journalism majors start out as cub reporters and most do their own photography because the papers cannot hire enough photographers to cover every story. |
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