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USDA needs your stories and photographs to educate the public about our programs, explain how U.S. development assistance works, and demonstrate the impact USDA has on peoples' lives around the world. We want to convey information that the everyday reader can care about and understand. Photo and Caption uses a powerful photo and succint caption to illustrate how USDA is making a difference. Two or three paragraphs of body text provide background to the situation.

Please fill in as many fields as you can. Those marked with an * are required. Use the Tab key to move from field to field. Use the Submit button after you have completed the form to submit your story to the Telling Our Story Initiative.
* Organization

 
* Country of Story

 
* Year of story  
* USDA Program

 
* Headline
Good headlines or titles are simple, jargon-free, and have impact; they summarize the story in a nutshell; and include action verbs that bring the story to life. Your headline should include few words.

 
Subhead
Use the subhead to expand on the headline, humanize the story or highlight a key fact. (100 characters maximum, including spaces and punctuation).

* Photograph
Your photograph will bring the story to life. The photo should be colorful, depict action, capture people's attention, and feature a main character prominently. Please attach only a .jpg, .bmp, or .gif file and maintain at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). We request that digital photos be shot with at least a 3-megapixel resolution. The larger the file, the better the quality and final result.

* Photograph File
Upload the photograph file here by clicking the "Browse..." button and locating the file on your computer.

 
Permission to Use Photograph
If you or your organization did not take the picture, then please check if you have permission from the photographer?

Photographer's Name

Photographer's Organization

* Photograph's Caption
The caption should succinctly summarize the story and capture the reader's attention. (Up to 50 words)  
* Portrait or Landscape
Is your photograph orientation landscape or portrait? Example proportions:

 
* Supporting Paragraph
Provide a broader background to the picture, including statistics, quotes or descriptions of the individual, community or USDA program featured ((Up to1000 words)  
Background Information
City or Region of Story

Agreement
Submitter
Please tell us who we should contact regarding this story.
* Name

 
* Email

 
* Phone

 

 
NOTE: All required fields must be complete in order to properly submit your content. In the event you click submit and nothing happens, scroll up and make sure that all required field are filled.