What are our duties to the Demotix brand?

@Steve- I discussed some of the issues from your post in my post to Chris maybe it will be rescued on Monday by Tom.

No one is suggesting that we do not caption or tag, but a lot depends on the circumstances on the ground. Some stories are very time sensitive, for example photocalls, paparazzi work, or breaking news. Sometimes you only need to give basic info, the image should tell most of the story. For example images of a transport disaster.

And let us not forget many PJs are in contact by phone with their editor; at least in the majority of cases I have covered, eg. photocalls, fashion catwalks, major events etc. And with photocalls and the like maybe someone in the back office might recognise a personality that the PJ might not know: this is my case.

As for submitting to other agencies maybe after a week or two, but if you are filing real time then get an NUJ card and not a Demotix Card - I don't think that Reuters and the like allow their PJs to file real time with other agencies. If you're there because of Demotix then you should file with Demotix: PERIOD.

@Chris, yeas we are journalist, but our medium to convey a story is photography first, ideally the photo should still tell the story even if it gets separated from the caption. 

Best Lawrence

AND now that I'm here in my lost post I raised the issue of how does one deal with exclusive work at three o'clock in the morning such as paparazzi photos, disasters and the like with Demotix? Who do we call? And moreover  it is one thing to stay up late to get that paparazzi exclusive, but another not knowing whether your images are going to be pushed. There should be a system to deal with this kind of work.