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YOUR NEWS, YOUR SAY, YOUR PICTURES....
By I-REPORTING DESK
Do you have a scoop that you want to tell the world about? Have you witnessed a news story in your area?
Have you taken a picture or filmed some video on your phone or digital camera that tells the story? If so, we want to hear from you.
Some of the most powerful journalism comes from people telling their own experiences in their own words.
If you feel passionately about a particular issue or that the HNN is not covering the issues that are important to you, tell us about it.
We can't promise to follow up every e-mail or use every photo - but we will pick out some of the best, develop your stories and publish them on the HNN news website.
Send us your ideas using the form at the bottom of the page.
Make sure you give us your location and contact details, such as your e-mail address or phone number.
If you take a picture you should not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.
News can happen anywhere at any time and we want you to be our eyes.
If you capture a news event on a camera or mobile phone, either as a photograph or video, then please send it to Hyderabad News.
We have received thousands of images from around the world of both major news events and local issues.
If you take a picture of any event you should not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.
Remember, whilst we are after news images we're also interested in your visual interpretation of both local and global issues as well as just great pictures of your daily lives.
Each week our picture editor will select and publish the best of those each Friday - so do keep on sending them in.
Competitions: We also run a monthly photo competition and an annual photographer of the year contest, details of both of these can be found on the right hand side of this page.
What we need: You can submit video, single photographs or a series that tell a story for a photo essay.
Remember that we do need some text to accompany the pictures. A brief guide to shooting a photo essay can be found below.
Any photographs or video directly related to a current news event may be used immediately on any HNN News outlet.
How to submit a picture: So if you think you have a news photograph or video we may be interested in, send it to the Hyderabad News website. If you want to e-mail it to us, send it to editor@hyderabadnews.net
If you want to send a picture message from your mobile phone then ideally use the email function and send it to the above address. If you need to send it via MMS and you are within the INDIA you can send it to our short code number 9866. If you are outside the INDIA then send it to +91 9866505470 and include your contact number as text within the message.
Add the above e-mail address and MMS numbers to your mobile phone and address books now - you never know when you may capture that historic moment.
Don't forget to include your name and some background information as to what the image is about and why you took the picture as this will increase your chances of selection.
You should also include your telephone number so we can get back to you.
If you want more information please contact our Picture Editor at the above e-mail address.
Photos: Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it's a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject's environment but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what's around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words: Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don't need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
What do you want to talk about? Are there topics you want to get the world to talk about? What do you want to comment on or find out what others think about? Have Your Say wants to find out what interests you. Send us your ideas for new topics and you can set the agenda for a global conversation.
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