Photojournalism Timeline and Deadlines
Module 3 - On Assignment Group Project
(Photo student page / Photo teacher page)

Timeline

• Day One
  1. Choose the focus of your album. Remember it must relate to journalism.
  2. Brainstorm ideas for design of the portfolio and subjects for images
  3. Look at the list of tasks in the requirements and divide them.
  4. Pick dates to match the deadlines in the right hand column using the deadline sheet.
  5. Set a series of things to research for each of the jobs.
  6. Make sure you will have enough access to either a digital camera or a scanner to scan photographs.
     
• Day Two
  1. Work on the research tasks you set in day one. Anyone who finishes early works on helping others.
  2. Decide what application or utility you will use for your project
     
• Day Three and Four
  1. Take a series of photographs
  2. If necessary, have people complete permission forms to allow the use of their images
  3. Transfer all images to the computer
     
• Day Five
  1. Select the best images and edit them.
  2. Optimize your images
  3. Learn the web album application you will use
     
• Day Six
  1. Work on your web album
  2. Create captions
     
• Day Seven
  1. Work on your web album
  2. Ensure all elements relate to the theme
     
• Day Eight
  1. Debug and proof your album
  2. FTP your album
  3. Test your navigation

Planning how long it will take you to do something is a difficult task, but it is an essential skill for a journalist.

One of the key skills in this project is setting accurate deadlines and meeting them.

Deadlines

The timeline on the left is an ideal one. Barring problems, it should be exactly how much time you need. However, no one ever has no problems or glitches, particularly when working with technology.

Your teacher will tell you how many days of class time you will have for the project, but it will typically be around 3 weeks. Your job is to set a deadline for your group for each work period. You will be evaluated on your ability to meet the deadlines, and to set deadlines that naturally progress along.

On Day One, your deadline should be setting all your deadlines and selecting your topic. Hand your deadlines into your teacher at the end of class on Day One.

After Day One, you must demonstrate you have met your deadline at the end of class each day, unless your deadline requires that you not be in class.

• Day Nine and Ten
  1. Plan your presentation using the guiding questions on the presentation page
  2. Do a practice run of the presentation
     
• Day Eleven
  1. Practice your project one last time in the exact conditions you will present in.
  2. Present your project in class