Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A picture is worth a thousand words


(only if it's got a really good cutline, too!)   

  Photo captions and cutlines are the most read body type in a publication. Of all the news content, only the titles of stories or headlines have higher readership than captions.It follows that standards of accuracy, clarity, completeness and good writing are as high for captions and cutlines than for other type. As with headlines, captions and cutlines must be crisp. As with stories, they must be readable and informative. 


Be concise; be precise; don't be trite. Be careful with elements- Caption needs to flow. Don't do fiction.

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