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Monday, April 30, 2018

My soapbox that I gave to my Wayne State students on last day of class

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I wrote this as a departing love letter to my Wayne State University Digital Photojournalism students on our last day of class Apr...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Keeping up with the times: Adding smartphone photography assignment

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    There is no doubt that journalism is in a constant flux.   Twenty years ago it would have been unthinkable to add a smartphone a...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Guest blogger: WSU pj student on the First Amendment, utilitarianism

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By Megan Kusulas Wayne State University photojournalism student    The First Amendment states,  “Congress shall make no law respecting...

Voices of Storytelling podcast show premieres on Owens' OCCR station

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From left: Lori King, Kurt Steiss and Drew Scott in the Outlook Student Media Center. ( Photos by Adam Jaquay-Williams )    Soon there w...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Owens Visual Storytelling students collaborate on OCCR station jingle

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   As the faculty adviser to the Owens Outlook online student newspaper for half a decade, I've experienced a regeneration or two....
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Best Practice: Posting images to your social media accounts

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   Congratulations! Many of you have recently created your first social media accounts, establishing yourselves as published visual storyte...
Friday, January 5, 2018

Welcome to a learning space maintained for my photojournalism students

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Covering an Obama campaign rally.    This blog is especially beneficial to my students in the Visual Storytelling (Owens Community Colle...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Storify Lesson: What is Photojournalism?

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   Welcome to King's Klass Blog, a supplemental space for instruction throughout the semester.    Whether you are in the WSU Digital Ph...
Friday, September 22, 2017

In Pictures: WSU and Owens students learn about motion, depth of field

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Owens Community College students  learn how to properly hold a camera. (Photo by Hanssel Martinez-Guerra) Talking about the relationsh...
Monday, September 4, 2017

Changes are aplenty for the Owens Outlook online student newspaper

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     Last semester the Owens Outlook online student newspaper was dormant.     That happened because my Visual Storytelling class (which...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Taking the Wayne State COM 2280 Digital Photojournalism course?

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Then read this Q & A ... Q:   Why do I have to take this course? I’m a journalist/PR specialist, not a photojournalist. A:   This c...
Saturday, May 6, 2017

Sharing the pros, cons, photo stories of the hybrid Wayne State PJ course

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  Another semester has ended at Wayne State University, and it was one of the best classes I’ve had the honor of leading.    As I do for ...
Monday, April 17, 2017

Adobe Premiere Pro CC training for still/video production

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    If you feel like this final project is a bit daunting, you’re not alone!    There is a lot of work that goes into a big pro...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Gathering photo captions: Practicing what I preach

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   This is me, a working photojournalist gathering caption information on a photo I took during an Empowerment Zone meeting in North Toled...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Audacity training: Posting an edited podcast from folder to Wordpress

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   This is the Audacity training recorded during the Kent State Teaching Multimedia course chat March 5.    It takes you through the steps ...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Why photojournalists prefer using Photo Mechanic to Adobe Bridge

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An example how an edited photo using Photoshop returns beside the unedited version in Photo Mechanic.    During a recent course chat wi...