10 tips for better cutlines - Improve your captions todayCutlines. They lead an unglamourous existence in the lives of many journalists. They"re an afterthought. We type them after we"ve written our stories. We often forget to write them. This explains why many a newsroom features Editor A yelling to Reporter B, "Hey, where"s your cutline!" And when we do write them, we mess up and have to write corrections. Ever notice how many corrections are because of inaccuracies in captions?