Lesson 1 – Introduction to Photojournalism

• Photojournalists are not photographers;
• Photojournalism’s main character;
• Photojournalist’s system of beliefs: the camera is just another pen;
• Photojournalism brief history ;
• Projection and group analysis’ first attempts about a selection of important photojournalistic’s projects;
• Projection and analysis of any photographic o photojournalistic content that students will present on their first workshop’s approach (those who never shot similar subjects are invited to participate at the debate and share their ideas);
• First group’s brainstorming about future projects that students will develop during the workshop.

Lesson 2 – Finding a subject

• Defining the subject;
• Subject and object;
• Subject’s legitimacy and credibility;
• Searching for a subject: a geographical and sociological study;
• Subject’s projection and analysis of well-known photojournalistic’s project;
• Group debate on past and present experiences on finding a subject;
• Group debate and update on students’ developing projects.

Lesson 3 – Relating to the subject

• The connection between photojournalist and photographic’s subject;
• Personal involvement with the subject;
• The right distance;
• Approaching the subject;
• Practical problems: language barrier, geographical distance, legal or bureaucratic obstacles;
• Keep the record straight;
• Reticence and distrust;
• Honesty and clarity;
• Working with the subject;
• Short and long-term projects;
• Following or going with the subject? It’s not only a semantic difference;
• Reportage led by the subject;
• Different techniques for different subjects;
• Projection and analysis of the connection with the subject of well-known photojournalistic’s projects;
• Group debate on past and present experiences concerning the subject’s connection;
• Group debate and update on students’ development projects.

Lesson 4 – Building a story

• From beautiful images to beautiful stories: the not-so-easy process of giving a journalistic meaning to a documentary or a photo series;
• Beyond aesthetics: a sense of beauty’s limited importance in photojournalism;
• Finding and following a central idea that gives meaning to the project;
• How images interact between them;
• Same story, a different point of view: context’s role in photographic’s narrative;
• The underlying message and variables that influence its transmission;
• Text and images. Can photos really communicate by themselves?;
• Comparing other’s media photography to tell a story;
• Projecting and analyzing a story concerning well-known photojournalistic’s project;
• Group debate on past and present experiences on building a story;
• Group debate and update on students’ development projects.

Lesson 5 – Multimedia

• Beyond photography together with the photographer: media obstacles and integration;
• Brief report on current and past trends on practical multimedia;
• Advantages and disadvantages on using multimedia techniques;
• Harmony and cacophony: the difficult connection between photography and other media;
• Sound and photography;
• Writing and photography;
• Painting and photography;
• New creative developments;
• Projecting and analyzing multimedia of well-known photojournalistic’s project;
• Group debate on past and present experiences on using other media;
• Group debate and update on students’ development projects.

Lesson 6 – Photographic excursion

• Visiting a Berlin’s location with high photojournalistic potential;
• First photojournalistic shot;
• Field training .

Lesson 7 – Workshop

• Post-producing and editing photographic material (shot in the practical excursion);
• Editing technique;
• Basic Lightroom and Photoshop know-how;
• Retouching ethics;
• Writing texts and captions;
• Group debate and analysis on editing performance put in place by students.

Lesson 8 – Photojournalistic career

• Photojournalism: a professional path;
• Motivations;
• Photojournalistic career: brief history;
• Photojournalism nowadays;
• Marketplace;
• Freelancer or under contract photographer?;
• Financing your own photographic projects;
• Kickstarter, Indiegogo and crowdfunding’s market;
• Contests, scholarships and exhibitions;
• Being published and auto-publishing;
• Analysis and group debate concerning some auto-financed photojournalistic projects;
• Group brainstorming on finding financial solutions for students’ projects;
• Group debate and update on developing students’ projects.