Newspapers, news agencies, and magazines hire me to create picture stories for their publications. I take pictures of important news events. Then I interview the people involved and research past records to collect facts. Sometimes I write the stories to go with the pictures. Writing stories and taking pictures quickly and accurately is important because newspapers and magazines always want to get an exclusive or be the first to report an event. I use digital photography and electronic communication to transmit the stories and pictures from my location to the newsroom.