JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="topStory">
<div class="photo">
<a href="somelink"><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" border="0" alt="Photo"></a>
</div>
<h2><a href="somelink">Text near to someimage.jpg</a></h2>
<p>Some extra text.</p>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).on('click', 'img', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var associatedText = $(this).closest('.photo').siblings('p').text();
console.log(associatedText);
});