Today we had our first two guests. Dave Skretta, a journalist working for the Associated Press, interviewed Kathy Holloman, a running back for the New York Sharks - a professional football team for women. Kathy is also a teacher working on her third Write on Sports camp. After Dave spoke with Kathy for a while, students were able to ask both of them questions. Many of the questions Dave was asked focused on his career path and what the life of a journalist is like. Kathy was asked questions about her inspiration for playing and what kind of reactions other people had to women playing playing tackle football. After a formal question and answer session, the students gathered around the guests in a locker room style interrogation (you can see a photo of that below).
Brian Horton, a retired photojournalist then walked students through the process of taking good photos. He, and other staff, stressed that taking photos is like writing in that you need to tell a story, think about perspective, provide details, and set the scene (among other similarities). Here are some of his shots from the day - what do you think of them? Please leave comments below.
Photo One
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