‘Say what you see’
I recently found myself inviting a workshop group to ‘say what you see’. And then I had a flashback… 1980s… Roy Walker… Catchphrase… anyone? This came about from a litmus test I have for successful visual journalism: can you still…
What are you trying to say?
Infographics improve tenfold – or just remain as charts – once people get the hang of the idea that it’s better to commission a graphic when you have a story in mind, something specific you want to say, as opposed…
The secret of good presentations
In the course of other work I am repeatedly asked to help with creating better presentations. I don’t claim any expertise in this area other than being someone – admittedly with a background in visual communication – who’s been both…
Tower graphics
I get at least two enquiries a month to create these* so it’s time to put down my thoughts about them. In a nutshell remember tower graphics are a piece of journalism as much as they are a piece of…
Magic in graphs
There’s a lot of blog-debate over what’s good and what’s not in the fields of data visualisation, data journalism, storytelling, infographics at the moment. Given it’s a growing field this isn’t hugely surprising, the old hands having their experienced feathers…
Thought for Christmas
Merry Christmas! See you in 2012.
Working with numbers
It was three ‘zero-confused’ examples from last week – see bottom of this post – that got me thinking about tackling this topic. The result is wordy, but I hope helpful. Feedback welcome, I’d love to nail down some good…