Intelligent thoughts are often better in the mind's eye than in the camera. Other editors, with the story's text in hand, may judge photographs by what they have read. Don't join them. The reader sees before he ever reads and may never read if there's nothing interesting to see. A good subject for one photographer may not be good for another.
Some photographers create a graphic and dramatic structure of a scene and then record it.
Others leave a scene alone, intent on catching the ring of truth in a moment's natural activity. Some do a bit of both. You must spot young talent and encourage it, giving these tyros more than occasional assignments. Give those you select enough work to allow them to develop, but remember that when photographers start out, they often imitate one famous photographer or another. Challenge them to be themselves.