J Station

Nowadays a ‘reporter’ is a person who is also a photographer, a layout designer, a proof reader and a copy editor.

If you can take a photograph of what you report, which is a very basic necessity of a reporterof today, it saves a lotof time for you. You need not search for one picture that tells your story visually, from a series of clicks taken by the photographer in his digicam.

You can have it in your library for any follow up action on the same story later.

You can decide the focus  of the subject which can suit both print and online edition of your publication.

I can list at least 10 advantages of a reporter being a photographer! Some tips here if you want to photograph your report:

1. Shoot from other than your eye level too. That will show magic to the readers.
2. If you are reporting about a place, building, institution, take the photograph along with humans in it.
(E-g) If it is a school, the kids running down the stairs during the lunch break could be the best photo.

3. You don’t need to leave space on all sides of the frame. Concentrate on the subject.
4.What clues from the picture can you give to the reader about the place of shot? Think and angle well.

Finally a tip for your report:

If the photos are marvellous and tell the story beautifully, avoid writing long. Let the pictures say what you want to!