Developing something big
When Donna DeCesare first started her photography career, she ventured into the world with a mountain of equipment slung over her shoulder and a camera in each hand: color film loaded in one and black-and-white in the other.
The world of photography is different now. Photojournalists no longer treat darkrooms as meeting places to huddle closely and watch film develop. Today, most anyone with a smartphone can pick up the mantle of photographer with the press of a button.
In the early 2000s, the School of Journalism and Media began to embrace this new, increasingly digital age and encourage its students to sample different skills — nimbly jumping from writing courses to photography and broadcast classes and back again. That widening focus led some students to miss out on photojournalism basics.
