Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DINS-0010
Organization's ID:
DINFOS-IPC
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
8 weeks (316 hours)
Dates Offered:
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 public relations design
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 visual storytelling
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 photojournalism managing and editing
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:

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

General Topics:

  • Explain the roles and requirements of DOD photojournalism
  • Apply ethical considerations to photojournalism
  • Demonstrate foundations of photography
  • Demonstrate fundamentals and mechanics of news
  • Demonstrate visual communication techniques
  • 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 news event package
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

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

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials