How to author a picture gallery

Helen Caple, John S. Knox

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    Abstract

    Picture galleries offer photojournalism an opportunity to shine. Despite the considerable technological advances of recent decades, picture galleries typically fail to realise their potential for storytelling; rather they present an incohesive series of image–caption complexes collected under a headline. Here, we offer a set of guidelines regarding the sourcing, selection and sequencing of compelling images coupled with agile writing of leads and captions that complement the kind of visual story being told. Such investment in the authoring of picture galleries creates opportunities to provide readers with an engaging and more memorable experience.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1440-1459
    Number of pages20
    JournalJournalism
    Volume20
    Issue number11
    Early online date9 Feb 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2019

    Keywords

    • multimodality
    • news photography
    • photojournalism
    • picture galleries
    • visual storytelling

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