Photos represent a snapshot of a certain moment, a certain time, an event. History is littered with photos that evoke memories of radical movements and politically charged events that have in effect changed the course of our times. Photos such as the black power protest of the 1968 Olympic games, Marilyn Monroe's timeless photograph and the young Vietnamese girl running naked down the street during the Vietnam war all tell a story and `freeze´a point in time. Often it is not words that we remember but the pictures; they are windows for the reader to get a view of the present and as day passes into night, they become snapshots into our past. A picture can tell a thousand words.
Writing online allows a journalist to not only to express their own artistic flair but to help 'frame' (pardon the pun) a story in terms of its emotive feel and connection with the reader.Alison Diaz, a freelance photojournalist who has works published on Miami.com, believes that a key to storytelling is to include pictures that help progress the story. It is vital that each picture chosen has a particular connotative meaning and will provide the reader with a unique insight into what the journalist was trying to convey. Joy, sorrow, excitement; all emotions can be presented or amplified via a photograph. Afterall, it is the emotion and connection of a story that helps attract and keep a reader's interest and the inclusion of specific photos can only help to supplement and sustain this.
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