Monday 15th April: At this point in the module, I have a wide range of photos that I have taken, many of which will never see the light of day. However, I have learned some good new photography skills and techniques, along with developing my editing skills when it comes to enhancing images. In terms of progress, I have an idea for my long form written article with 8-12 photos, but just need to focus on it. I attended a non-league football match at Altrincham FC that was televised over a fortnight ago, which will be the basis of my article, which will focus on the effects of televising non-league football.
Monday 22nd April: One week on since my last reflection, there is very little to add. My independent journalism project has caused a huge shift of my attention, and has meant that I have made no more progress on my photojournalism. However, here is my to do list:
- Complete outstanding workshop tasks and reflections
- Put my images through post production, ensuring that they are all up to the required quality
- Research my topic, and plan my article
- Contact a primary source within the TV industry, who can highlight all the impacts of televising non-league football.
Monday 29th April: It has been another week of slow progress, having fallen ill shortly after I submitted my journalism project, so I took some time to recover after what was a rather hectic week. I began to plan my piece and started considering some of the impacts that TV has on non-league football clubs:
- TV deals bring in great financial gain for these clubs
- Exposure for players, and the club itself
- Brings communities together. Makes them proud to be there and be a part of it
- Brings new audiences to non-league football
- Allows for future development, with increased revenue and awareness, making sponsorships more likely.
Over the last couple of weeks of this module, I will be piecing together all of my unedited and edited images for workshop tasks, as well as getting in touch with potential primary sources for my article, as this will be essential when it comes to providing the facts and evidence along with my own photos.
I feel confident writing this piece, as I have plenty of experience writing about non-league clubs, and understand the angle of television well too.
Photographic Journalism 