There are four parts of a caption:
An identification sentence (most important!!)
a. present tense (NOTE: present tense is often "eats" not "eating")
b. Identifies all the people in the picture from left to right
c. ex: Katy Perry(10) passes the ball to Taylor Swift (12) moments before Swift's game-winning goal.
Secondary information sentence
a. gives background information
b. past tense
c. ex: The girl's first soccer game of the season against Westford Academy was tied during the fourth quarter until Swift made a goal in the last minute, securing a victory for Newton South.
Quote (optional)
a. quote opinions, not fact
b. ex: Swift remarked that "watching the ball go into the goal was the best moment of [her] high school career."
Photo credits
a. ex: Photo by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Ex: Katy Perry (10) passes the ball to Taylor Swift (12) moments before Swift's game-winning goal. The girl's first soccer game of the season against Westford Academy was tied during the fourth quarter until Swift made a goal in the last minute, securing a victory for Newton South. Swift remarked that "watching the ball go into the goal was the best moment of [her] high school career." Photo by Leonardo DiCaprio.
*** ALL CAPTIONS SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS "WHO" "WHAT" "WHERE" "WHEN" AND "WHY"***
Interviews should be used to tell a story! Newton South having a club or a team is not necessarily a story, but someone in the club always has a story!
Here are some ways to find that story:
Avoid asking "how does your team find a community" or "what was your favorite memory from this year"
Create questions based on the theme
a. ex: the theme was "we CAN and we DID" so we asked questions like "what was something the team was able to accomplish this year that surprised you" and were able to get a story about a crazy comeback from the football team.
find out why your interview subject does what they do
Emails or DMs are useful for interviewing captains, but in person interviews are an effective way to get deeper interviews and a diverse group of voices! If you are interviewing in person, you can use voice memos to record the interview and then upload them to Otter.ai, which will transcribe your interview!
How to structure an email:
Hello! I am reaching out to you on behalf of the Yearbook Club at South. My team is working on the (spread name) page and we were wondering if you would be willing to answer these questions by the end of this week. Thanks!
(questions)
Thank you,
(full name)
We should try to have two infographics per spread!
Infographics can include: pie charts, timelines, bar graphs, maps, statistics, etc.
To get information for an infographic we often use a Google survey!
To make a survey:
brainstorm questions
create a survey that has multiple choice answers
send the link to an EIC or Mr. Baron and they will put it on Schoology or the Regulus instagram!
screenshot the pie chart of results, grab a number that you can use to catch attention, or make send the survey data to google sheets and create graphs on there!
Primarily Headline
a. come up with a list of important words
b. use literary devices (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyming)
c. reference pop culture (it's fun and helps date the book!)
d. get inspiration from TikToks, college brochures, and magazines
Secondary Headline (Subheading)
a. sentence describing what the headline is about
Minute by minute reporting
a. observe something (a shot, something someone said, etc) every minute of a game
b. Hour by hour at a desk - good for the academic spreads
Coverage by numbers
a. use numbers to draw readers in
Teacher or senior spotlights