A Journalist’s Guide to Creative Commons 2.0

In both cases, you usually need to mention the name of the photographer and either the organization they belong to or where you found the photo. [...] For publications that do not include captions beneath lead images or other photos, editors Example of CC licensed photo for journalism: "Gate in front of the Queen's Sandringham Residence can still include the proper Creative in Norfolk, England" by Ross Dunn, Commons attribution at the bottom of the licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 article. [...] Then, at top or the bottom of the article, list the original headline with a hyperlink back to the source, along with the journalist(s) and the specific CC license (also linked). [...] Some publications like The Conversation even provide a handy template to include at the bottom of the article: “This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. [...] Read the original article [insert hyperlink here].” The most open Creative Commons licenses like CC BY or CC BY-SA allow the user to remix the work however they see fit.