Here's basic background from one who is there and is doing that. By Steve Shapiro Having made many inroads, only by looking back do I realize I established myself in a unique and meritorious position in the journalist community. I am a freelance photojournalist afiliated with Associated Press.
Journalism is a simple writing form.
With the aid of good photography, a picture that fits those principles of good journalism makes a photographer invaluabe. Cut Wires and the Five W's The fundamentals of journalism begin with the understanding of its history. Modern jouranlism style began in the Civil War, when journalists were considered spys by both sides. Reports describing troop movements, munitions transport and procurement, the development of men and materiale tipped either side. Mostly, this was unintentional.