BECOME A PHOTOJOURNALIST!
This course teaches you the skills necessary to become a photojournalist. It is a broad based, practically oriented training course that will develop the essential skills required to work in this field. The student will develop a variety of written and photographic work that can be used as the basis for a professional portfolio.
This Diploma is made up of the following:
1. 1800 hours of study in the form of the following modules:
Freelance Writing, Advanced Freelance Writing, Publishing I, Publishing II, Introduction to Photography, Photo Practice, Photo Technology, Digital Photography, Photo Lighting, Landscape Photography or People Photography, Programming Web Sites (HTML), Project Management, Business Studies, Workplace Health and Safety, Introduction to Psychology, Marketing I; plus Computer Studies I or Computer Studies II.
2. 100 hours of Industry Meetings/Work experience relevant to photojournalism
3. Research Projects I and II related to photojournalism (see page 81 for details of Research projects). This involves formal studies as well as conducting real research into a relevant subject.
Duration: 2100 hours
MAKE A CAREER OUT OF WRITING AND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS!
Photojournalists work in publishing (electronic or print media) either self employed (freelance) or in house (employed by a publisher); contributing images and (in smaller enterprises), writing as well to published work. Opportunities are relatively strong and diverse for skilled photographers, but for the person who can also write text and process images using software, demand for this mix of skills has been very high.
