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Using As a Reporting Tool Tips from Sonia Narang, PRI’s The World

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Using

As a Reporting Tool

Tips from Sonia Narang, PRI’s The World

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Portraits of interview subjects

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From Marco’s feed, a nice portrait

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Commenting

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Building interest in the story before it airs

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Sharing Instagram photos on FB/Twitter

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Comments on Facebook

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Instagram photos can spark conversations on Twitter

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Consistently post around a theme, such as #firstdays, the stories of immigrants in the U.S.You don’t have to travel far.

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So, what makes a good photo?

Element of surprise, close-up, taking an audience where they’ve never been

Credit: @grantslater/KPCC Radio

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Be creative, capture colors

Credit: @allisonshelley in Lagos

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Close-ups work well on an iPhone screen

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Try taking a bunch of photos from a few different angles.

I picked this image out of the

25-30 photos I took of this new mother

with her baby.

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Captions are important: You can be funny or descriptive, try something new.

Credit: @emamd/LA Times

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Hashtags

Put these after thecaption:#city #country#topic #keywords#pritheworld#blackandwhite Include @pritheworld in the captionCredit: @michaelchristopherbrown

#libya #libyanrevolution

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Get Tory to Tweet about your Instagram account on @pritheworld

Or, Jeb to her very well-connected Twitter following!

If Marco likes your feed, he’ll do a shout-out on air. The next time you log into your account,

you’ll have 100’s of new followers.

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Note to producers:When the show brings

Instagram comments on-air, itgives people more of an incentive to

comment on our stuff.

That also means you could have dozens of

comments to respond to. And, respond

you must.

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Follow good photographers, see what they like

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Next Steps• Get your very own Instagram account. If you

really don’t want to join Instagram, at least visit http://instagram.com and check out what cool photographers are doing. I’ll send a list.

• Try searching for hashtags with favorite cities to see what’s out there. One fun hashtag: #16x9fordays. Check it out!

• Post a photo with a caption. Try to take a close-up of something artistic or a portrait of someone you meet. You too can win the bear.