Nauroth Enter more photographs. Interest in the contest, professional development, and pride in Army's mission and their part. There is a real need to rewrite stories, not just publish the first effort. Many photos are just grips and grins or of colonels and generals. Subject matter should focus on soldier-related topics.
Quotes appear too late in the story.
Journalists need to re-examine the basics. Don't bury it. Remember the schoolhouse advice not to use quote leads or question leads unless absolutely necessary. These leads are the easy way out of an introduction to a story. And they simply don't work as presented 99 times out of 100.