Images in newspapers are presented in a deliberate way. Photographers, some of whom are known as ‘paparazzi’, will take a series of images and select the one most fitting for the story before selling it to a newspaper. There are some things you need to consider before looking at any image in a media context. Captions also help to anchor the reader and encourage them to think a certain way about the image.
Take a look at the image from The New York Times as well as at a selection of images from newspapers and discuss the following issues:
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