This document discusses captions and their importance. Captions provide short explanations for images in publications like newspapers, magazines, and online. They add context and make publications more interesting to readers. Good captions should factually describe the image, cite sources, and avoid humor unless intended. Readers use captions to decide what to read. The document also provides tips for writing captions and examples of good captions that name locations, people, and cite sources. It encourages students to write captions for images and submit them for review.