I often write in my posts about using photo captions or cutline’s to briefly explain a bigger story whether it is for your website or materials you are sending to the media. Often I prefer to send the media a captioned photo over a full release. Obviously for a significant incident a full release is warranted, but for many other activities such as Fire Prevention Day, citations, school visits etc., a captioned photo is effective and more likely to receive placement.

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