Lessons from visual journalism
"Telling the story with the picture you create." via @lulupinney #visualDEN pic.twitter.com/rUFoaedUJN — James Lethem (@Sycren) June 5, 2014 Many people in industries beyond journalism are having to communicate visually in their work, or to put it another way tell…
Core values
In a world of colourful, interactive, big data it can be easy to forget that straightforward infographics still have their part to play, adding breadth and depth to news stories as the BBC correctly describe it. Here are two good…
Infographics for the radio
I was joking that having worked in print followed by online and a short stint with TV this summer the next logical step would be infographics for radio. Then I remembered Amanda Cox is already setting the pace with her…
Print v online
These two graphics show how a simple conversion of an online graphic to print, or vice versa, is all that’s needed to play to the strengths of the medium in question. This work is by the New York Time’s Amanda…
Intelligent internet design
This is another graphic from the New York Times that plays to the strengths of the internet, that is to say takes advantage of interaction to present a large data set in a small space. And by considering the editorial…
Calculators
Playing to the strengths of the internet – an interactive medium* – I think calculators are a really good way of getting people to explore content such that they gain a better understanding of the subject. The best way of…
The meaning’s in the movement
A graphic that works harder than a print graphic ever could because of the movement of the blocks when you select a different demographic. You literally see how the voters’ allegiance shifts. Simple but ideal use of interaction.