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COMM 269Photojournalism

3 credits · Communications · Penn State

COMM 269 Photojournalism (3) Photography as a medium for communication; creating visual content for newspapers, magazines, and online publications; digital camera and editing techniques. Students complete a series of assignments that help them learn to produce visual content for newspapers, magazines, and online publications. Major topics of the course include fundamentals of digital photography for multimedia and print, ethics, composition, caption writing, photo editing, and the use of electronic imaging software. Through individual and class projects, students critically evaluate their own work and the work of others. Students use class assignments to create a portfolio

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

You need:

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Spring (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Digital Journalism and Media, B.A.

One of the options in (4)

  • Communications, B.A. (Altoona)
  • Communications, B.A. (Capital)
  • Journalism, Minor
  • Professional Photography, B.Des.
What it opens up

Courses that list COMM 269 as a prerequisite (3)

  • COMM 415 Advanced Photography for Communications
  • COMM 469 Photography for the Mass Media
  • COMM 481 Advanced Multimedia Production