Career Pathways

Education Required

Academic Subjects

VISUAL OR PERFORMING ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Photojournalist
English
Skill Check

  Skill Check 1

Photojournalists must obtain permission to take photographs of places that are not open to the public. To gain approval to use the photograph, photojournalists must be friendly and professional with the people in charge. They need to provide specific information about how the photograph will be used and be able to answer all questions.

As a photojournalist, you want to take photographs and write a story about the beautiful gardens of a wealthy woman in your town. Four introductions you could use in a telephone call to the woman are given below. Place an “X” beside the introduction that is most likely to obtain approval to photograph the garden. Explain why the other introductions are less effective.

 1. “Hello, would this be Mrs. Masters? My name is , and I’m a photojournalist. I have an assignment from Great Places magazine to photograph and write a story about a beautiful garden for an article on northern gardens. Yours is the most beautiful garden I know. May I make an appointment to meet with you?”