After a meeting with the editors we were told a few key things about what they were after. They advised us that stories involving children or crime would be potentially difficult due to the sensitive nature.

They are looking for 10 images that illustrate the story, these will then be placed into a gallery on their website about 'Hidden Salford' or if the story has particular strength it may be turned into a feature.

I think in order to have a successful story it need to be engaging, interesting and have a human element that most people can relate too.

The story must be based in Salford and have a hidden element which is going to be challenging however I'm looking forward to trying my hand at photojournalism!


A note from the editors:

"We adhere to legal restrictions and so please contact us if you are unsure if your images are legally safe, please contact us and we can provide guidance. Generally however, we adhere to the basic rules –

• anything involving crime where proceedings are active will need to be approved as legally safe before we can publish – any criminal who has being charged, straight through to being sentenced, are classed as active proceedings
• Anything that is defamatory to either a person or an organisation will need to pass a public interest test before it can be published so please contact us prior to photographing and we can let you know if the subject matter is publishable
• Many commercial locations (not on a public highway) will need written permission from the organisation/land owner before being photographed (i.e. MediaCityUK is owned by Peel Holdings)
• Please be careful when taking pictures of children and get permission from the parent/guardian/schools beforehand
• Any images of children will need to have a signed release form for the images to be published"

This is obviously something to bear in mind when choosing a story, thankfully I can run my ideas past the editors before I start shooting.