Photo Slide shows

Photojournalism

• Still images

• That tell a story

• Are timely

• Don’t misrepresent

• Crop accordingly, accurately, fairly

• Sensitivity that applies to all journalism– Victims faced concealed, for example

Q&As

• Ask questions that require more than a yes/no answer.

• Strive for harder interviews.– Example: Counselor Q&A after Central High

School shooting

Text, Photos or Video?

• Photojournalism is different than broadcast journalism.

• Photojournalism is different than text

• What can a photo capture more powerfully than text at times?

• When could a still photo work more effectively than video?

Captions

• Extremely important in slide shows because they help tell the story

• Even with an audio track you want some captions to help lead the user through the narrative.

Examples

• Slide show with audio (Minneapolis bridge collapse)– User does not control, starts immediately

• Slide show in text– Reader has control– Art inherently still, like you’re in a gallery

• Slide shows are even being used for obits• Slide shows can mix the old and new

– Not all have audio• Slide shows can have reporter voice and

narrative

Examples from class

• Finding the Super Bowl across the globe (template 1)

• http://tnjn.com/2008/feb/04/finding-the-super-bowl-across-/

• Day in life of college senior (template 3)• http://tnjn.com/2008/feb/05/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-

college/• Blue Cats closing for renovations (3)• http://tnjn.com/2008/feb/05/popular-knoxville-

music-venue-/

Using photoshop

• Crop photos with the same sensitivity that you would pick your quotes

• Your first and last photos in a slide show should be your best – like in a video package

• Max. width/height of photos for your slide shows is 500 pixels

• All photos should be in jpg/jpeg format

Creating a slide show in TNJN

• Select template 1 or 3

• Fill in the story form as usual (header, abstract, story body, etc.)

• Add photos and be sure to rank them in the order you want them to appear

• You’ll need to hit “save and continue editing” to get more photo fields to appear