Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DINS-0010
Version:
3
Organization's ID:
DINFOS-IPC
Organization:
Defense Information School
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
8 weeks (320 hours)
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 introduction to photojournalism
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 writing for mass communications
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 visual storytelling
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 photojournalism managing and editing
This course is recommended for a total of 6 semester hours in the lower-division degree category and a total of 6 semester hours in the upper-division degree category.
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide the services with trained communicators ready to apply intermediate photojournalism and communication techniques to support public affairs and visual information objectives.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Demonstrate foundations of photography
  • Apply ethical considerations to photojournalism
  • Demonstrate visual communication techniques
  • Demonstrate feature writing techniques
  • Demonstrate multi-media production
  • Demonstrate design concepts and procedures
  • Produce a personality feature, a human interest feature, and a military-tie feature.
  • Demonstrate fundamentals and mechanics of news.
  • Explain the roles and requirements of DoD photojournalism

General Topics:

  • Photojournalism principles
  • Apply ethical considerations to photojournalism
  • Demonstrate foundations of photography
  • Demonstrate fundamentals and mechanics of news
  • Photojournalism production
  • Demonstrate visual communication technique
  • Demonstrate feature writing techniques
  • Demonstrate design concepts and procedures
  • Demonstrate multimedia production
  • Produce a personality feature package
  • Produce a human interest feature package
  • Produce a military-tie feature package
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers
Supplemental Materials
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