For this week, we had online meetings to discuss our progress so far with our final project, regarding the journalism of the project as well as the images.
I had struggled to find a topic of focus for the final project but, following discussions in sessions and the meeting, I finally managed to get two.
One was approaching a charity within in Leeds and showcasing one of their charity events within the community.
The other was following a football fan during the entireity of their day as a supporter, to essentially show their routine.
I felt I would enjoy the football fan story more but, along with Karl, the story would be harder to find as it is just following somebody around.
With the Leeds charity side, the story would have been about showcasing the event they would be doing on that day but would not have been anywhere near as enjoyable.
Discussing the discourse of both stories with Karl, gave me the viewpoint of how a reader would view the story and what I would need to do to engage and entice the reader.
I decided to go with the story of the football fan and their day in the life of supporting, as I felt it would be more focused towards my degree, Sports Journalism, and allowed me to try narrative journalism as it allowed me to interview other individuals to help tell the story of one.
As it was a live event and the ability to go and take practice shots within the context of football wasn’t viable, Karl suggested some public photography to understand the capabilities of my camera and how the public can potentially affect photos and understanding how to overcome this.
Photographic Journalism 