Sarah Marshall
I'm social media editor, EMEA, at The Wall Street Journal
Photo and Social Journalism
Jovi Juan and Sarah Marshall
Agenda
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Going visual
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How to source photos
- Visual social reporting
- Watermarking
- Geolocation
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How to take a better photo
- The challenge!
Photos and visuals within stories
Then...
Now...
Why every story needs a picture
How to source photos
1. Wires
2. Assignments - reachphotos@wsj.com
DJ Upload
MediaServer
Visual social reporting
Reporters on the road
Instagram
Instagram overtakes Twitter with 300 million users (Dec 2014)
Vine
SAM Newsdesk link
Link
link to map, link to list view
Watermarking your photos
Watermarking
Watermark.ws
Canva.com
Geolocating your photos
1. Open 'settings'
2. Go to 'privacy'
3. Got to 'location services'
4. Tick camera and Twitter and Instagram to 'on'
5. Still in privacy, go to 'photos'
6. Tick Twitter, Instagram and others to 'on'
How to take better photos
Environment
Details
Portraits
Moments
Light
Indoors
Composition
Framing
Contest:
Take a photo of someone whose name you do not know.
Take a photo of food you are going to eat.
Caption it properly: Who what where when
Share a photo over Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #djatdjphoto
Or upload it to wsjupload.com using the slugname djatdjphoto
If you are uploading it, try to stick with AP style
Photo and social at WSJ
By Sarah Marshall
Photo and social at WSJ
Slide deck for DJ@DJ (Digital Journalism at Dow Jones), Feb and March 2014
