J210 Introduction to Photojournalism
Students will photograph a variety of events/stories to acquire a sense of the range of realities a photographer might encounter on assignment. Students will examine technical aspects of photography — composition, editing and presentation — and will work on weekly assignments that include news, features, sports and environmental portraits. They will also study the history…
Read MoreEssential Workers Are Being Treated as Expendable
Farmworkers risk their lives so Americans can eat, but they receive little protection from the virus. April 23, 2020 Thesis project by Wesaam Al-Badry paired with special report by Madeline Leung Coleman, in The Atlantic.
Read MoreJ213 Visual Storytelling: Advanced Documentary Projects-Blurb Book
Advanced Photography explores narratives as they are designed, produced, and consumed in various digital forms. Students will work throughout the term on one in-depth group photo documentary project in class and will produce a bound Blurb photo book. This course will focus on developing a personal photographic style, photo editing, sequencing and publication as well…
Read MoreJ210 Introduction to Photojournalism
Students will photograph a variety of events/stories to acquire a sense of the range of realities a photographer might encounter on assignment. Students will examine technical aspects of photography — composition, editing and presentation — and will work on weekly assignments that include news, features, sports and environmental portraits. They will also study the history…
Read MoreJames Tensuan (’20) Photographs in the New York Times
James Tensuan’s (’20) photos of Ed Green, a paleogeneticist at UC Santa Cruz who has developed a technique that makes it possible to recover and sequence DNA from hair without the root, run in The New York Times.
Read MoreRosa Furneaux (’18) cover story + photographs in the East Bay Express
Rosa Furneaux (’18) cover story and photographs of Oakland Fire recruits on A1 of the East Bay Express. Read it here.
Read MoreVisualizing the World ‘20
*** CLICK HERE TO RSVP to give us a sense of the turnout. *** For the third year in a row, faculty from Berkeley Journalism will present documentaries, photography, and innovative multimedia projects at a special Showcase produced and curated specifically for BAMPFA called Visualizing the World. The main feature will be a screening of…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism photography student captures San Francisco climate march for The New York Times
How documentary photographer James Tensuan (‘20) got the image that dominated a New York Times global package. On Sept. 18, two days before the global climate march, New York Times photo editor Matthew McCann sat at his desk in Manhattan, trying to figure out which photographers he would commission for the Times’ online climate package.…
Read MoreJ213 Visual Storytelling: Realeyes Magazine
An in-depth documentary photo class where students will work photographing stories about California and its people and will try to visually create a singular photo essay on subjects such as immigration, schools, , urban sprawl, development, the environment etc. You will work throughout the term on one in-depth project attempting to reduce a tiny area…
Read MoreJ210 Introduction to Photojournalism
An exploration of journalistic photography as applied to newspaper, magazine, visual multimedia and the photo essay. The primary goal of the course will be to emphasize the technical aspects in journalistic photography such as composition, editing, and presentation and to support student’s exploration and grow as visual journalists. Students will be working on weekly assignments…
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