Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) Orientation.pptx
Writefor media ucsd_ext_spring12_3_pt2
1. Writing for Media
Session #3, Part 2
“Reporting with Text & Images”
UCSD Extension Spring 2012
2. Photography
• Know how to use a camera
• Carry a camera always (iPhone)
• Edit photos (basic skills)
• Integrate photos with stories
3. Concepts of Photos
• Drama (something is going on here)
• Action (fires the imagination)
• Expression (tells a good story)
• Unusualness (normally do not see)
4. ‘Threes’ of Photos
• Long Range (entire scene/envrionment:
disasters, big events)
• Midrange (bring closer to subject: sports)
• Close-up (detailed info, value, won’t get)
• Thirds (gets photogs away from centering
photos, more natural placement
• Cutlines or captions (explains photos)
5. Cutlines/Captions
• What is the picture about?
• What is its relationship with the story?
• Who are the people in it?
• Where/when are the events taking place?
• What does the picture mean?
6. Caption Rules
• Use present tense to describe picture
• Confirm IDs of people in picture
• Be as specific as possible
• Avoid cliches (“...is pictured...”)
• Be accurate
7. Reporting w/ Graphics
• Numbers
• bar charts, pie charts, line charts
• No numbers
• Maps, flow charts, org charts
9. Bar Charts
• Columns
• Shows amounts and relationships
• shows change over time
• Shows single set of data or multiple sets
• Compare pieces or sets of data
10. Line Charts
• Must show change over time (stocks)
• change in relationships
• Data on Y-axis
• Time on X-axis
11. Pie Chart
• Shows data divided up as a whole
• compare sets of data
• Time not an element
• Usually expressed in percentages adding up
to 100%
12. Good Graphic Contains
• Headline (ID info)
• Chart (appropriate for data it represents)
• Labels (show elements)
• Explainer box (caption)
• Legend (data used)
• Source/credits (who built it, where it came
from)