Photojournalism

Photojournalism is a form of journalism that presents a news story primarily through the use of pictures, usually still images.

Photojournalists use/create timelines, objectivity, and narrative.

Photojournalists travel the world recording visual images of what is occurring in the world around them, therefor they need the desire to be out in the world.

Technical proficiency- everything is done digitally these days and you need to be up to date with the newest technology. You need to be willing to learn the essentials, buy the key gear they need, and then keep up with the evolving technological changes. New software, improved cameras, hard drives and computers come flying at working pros with increasing speed requiring upgrades and significant additional investment at least every 18 months.

you need an Understanding of and a commitment to ethical standards. Photographers who cover the world and its stories need to be aware that the concept of "anything goes" is not the case.

you need to have persistence, as a journalist you are often told you cant take photographs of some particular things, you need to push for the photos you want and not give up if you are told once that it is not o.k for you to capture a certain event.

Carol Szathmari is beleived to be the first photojournalist. Szathmari took pictures during the first year of the Crimean War (or Russian-Turkish War), (1853-1856) in the battlefields. his photographes were sent to European royals houses, only a few of them survived.

Photographers Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and W. Eugene Smith became well-known in the 'golden age' photojournalism, (1930s–1950s), by publishing their work in magazines such as;Picture Post, Paris Match, Life, Look, Sports illustrated, The daily mirror and The New York Daily Times.