Photojournalism Test Review

Mia, Charlotte, and Grace are having a debate about photojournalism. They all agree that it includes several types of photography, but they can't agree on which one is NOT included. Can you help them out?

• historical event

• documentary

• portrait

• street

Imagine Liam, Olivia, and Oliver are on a school trip. They take a group photo and Olivia is tasked with writing a few words beneath it to describe what's happening. What is this called?

• Street photography

• News title

• Caption

• Photo credit

Photojournalism allows the world to see through the eyes of the photographer

• True

• False

Avery, Scarlett, and Luna are on a school trip. They see a journalist capturing a news story through photographs. What is this process called?

• documentary photography

• news photography

• photojournalism

• street journalism

A photojournalist should be able to direct the photo and stage it.

• True

• False

Ava, Noah, and Benjamin are having a debate. Ava thinks photojournalism began in schools, Noah believes it started in war zones, and Benjamin argues it originated in sporting events. Who is correct?

• Ava - schools

• Noah - war zones

• Benjamin - sporting events

• None of them

When it began, photojournalists were trying to get ordinary citizens to see ____?

• the impact of the war

• how soldiers got to the war

• how many horses were involved

• the scenery of the war

This type of photography is impactful because

• it shows the war

• it captures something that is rare

• It is in color

• It is of a soldier

The goal of photojournalism is to:

• capture a staged photo

• pose the photo to mirror the article

• tell a visual story

• engage the viewer so they become the photographer

Good photos use _____ and good ______.

• posed and staged elements

• composition and lighting

• scenery and quotes