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Started by jim lavrakas
Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00
Re: captions
Author: jim lavrakas
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00
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Ken Kobre's college text book I used in my PJ class says that using either past OR present tense in captions is acceptable. At the paper where I work we use present tense to denote immediacy in the photos, as though the action is happening as the reader looks at the photo. The other side argues that the photo represents some action portrayed in the past and it is more appropriate to write about it that way. I agree that present tense is more dynamic, but your publisher is the boss. Anyway you end up doing it, it is better to have consistent style. Goo luck. jim Jim Lavrakas Anchorage Daily News staff photographer NPPA Region 11 associate director 907-257-4331
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