Happy Virtual Learning Day, photojournalists!
For today, prep more for our conversations about Dan Eldon by going to this site:
https://www.daneldon.org/
and reading about him.
Read over the "about" section and look at pictures of him and his friends that went on the trip to help the refugees.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
2.10 Photojournalists Murdered
Today I'd like for you to prep for our conversations over Dan Eldon, a photojournalist who was killed in 1993 when he was stoned to death by an angry mob in Mogadishu.
The photojournalism Pulitzer Prizes we've been talking about carry into this because they show us the importance and power of photography. We're just doing this a little out of order because I'm sick.
I'd like for you to spend some time today just delving into the issues of photojournalists who are killed on the job.
I remember when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I was getting my masters at MU in journalism education online, and they sent out a notice to all students in the journalism program. It basically said that MU was sending four journalism students to New Orleans to cover what was happening and that, if anyone in the journalism program decided to go, that the only students the department would be able to offer any support to were the four students they chose. If you went and weren't one of the four, you were on your own. They continued by suggesting that no one should consider going down there to cover it from a journalistic perspective, and if we did, it was suggested that we arm ourselves and take a van packed with essential supplies, water, food, bleach, medicine, HazMat suits, batteries, etc. I remember that hit me hard thinking that if I did decide to go, I'd be taking my life in my hands and would be alone other than the other foolhardy people I convinced to go with me. And I wondered if any story I could get would be worth my life.
Go to the following website:
https://cpj.org/killed/
This is a website for the Committee to Protect Journalists, and it has more information than I can get through without crying.
Check out the statistics when you search by "killed by country" and "killed by year." Do you notice any trends or statistics that jump out to you? Scroll down and look at "Deaths by Type Worldwide" on the right hand side. It's the different ways journalists have died, which include murder and "in crossfire/combat." What's the difference between murder and killed by crossfire? Which would Dan Eldon's Death be considered?
Scroll down to the "Portraits of Murdered Journalists." Find a journalist WHOSE LAST NAME STARTS WITH THE SAME LETTER AS YOUR LAST NAME and read about him/her.
Now, go to this google doc, answer the questions, and summarize the write-up about the journalist who died
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftOzBMkiks3dlHfwQwL4s22LEz8gXkJcZBhoeuMAaKSGCM1A/viewform
We'll spend the next two weeks of "learning days" talking about photojournalists who put themselves in the line of fire for their jobs.
The photojournalism Pulitzer Prizes we've been talking about carry into this because they show us the importance and power of photography. We're just doing this a little out of order because I'm sick.
I'd like for you to spend some time today just delving into the issues of photojournalists who are killed on the job.
I remember when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I was getting my masters at MU in journalism education online, and they sent out a notice to all students in the journalism program. It basically said that MU was sending four journalism students to New Orleans to cover what was happening and that, if anyone in the journalism program decided to go, that the only students the department would be able to offer any support to were the four students they chose. If you went and weren't one of the four, you were on your own. They continued by suggesting that no one should consider going down there to cover it from a journalistic perspective, and if we did, it was suggested that we arm ourselves and take a van packed with essential supplies, water, food, bleach, medicine, HazMat suits, batteries, etc. I remember that hit me hard thinking that if I did decide to go, I'd be taking my life in my hands and would be alone other than the other foolhardy people I convinced to go with me. And I wondered if any story I could get would be worth my life.
Go to the following website:
https://cpj.org/killed/
This is a website for the Committee to Protect Journalists, and it has more information than I can get through without crying.
Check out the statistics when you search by "killed by country" and "killed by year." Do you notice any trends or statistics that jump out to you? Scroll down and look at "Deaths by Type Worldwide" on the right hand side. It's the different ways journalists have died, which include murder and "in crossfire/combat." What's the difference between murder and killed by crossfire? Which would Dan Eldon's Death be considered?
Scroll down to the "Portraits of Murdered Journalists." Find a journalist WHOSE LAST NAME STARTS WITH THE SAME LETTER AS YOUR LAST NAME and read about him/her.
Now, go to this google doc, answer the questions, and summarize the write-up about the journalist who died
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftOzBMkiks3dlHfwQwL4s22LEz8gXkJcZBhoeuMAaKSGCM1A/viewform
We'll spend the next two weeks of "learning days" talking about photojournalists who put themselves in the line of fire for their jobs.
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