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…
Getting the basics right
I’m surprised to discover it’s eight years now that I’ve been running workshops about drawing charts (amongst other things +). The reason this was brought to mind today was JP Koning‘s graphic doing the rounds on Twitter (for the second,…
The Data Journalism Handbook
It’s been an absolute pleasure preparing a poster about the Data Journalism Handbook, a free, open source reference book which shows how journalists can use data to improve the news. While the book’s being launched end-April at the International Journalism…
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…
Bringing words to life
Happy New Year! Being a cyclist I always enjoy the occasions that I do travel on the tube to catch up on the latest posters and artwork on display all around. Fed up of getting a daily drenching most days…
All about Bloomberg Business Week
If I had a pound for every time someone’s recommended Bloomberg Business Week recently I’d be £5 better off. Which I could have put towards buying the latest issue of Eye in which Simon Esterson interviews BBW’s creative director Richard…
Infographics in an editorial world
It’s one thing wanting an infographic and quite another knowing how to use them. That’s me paraphrasing – and agreeing with – illustrator-cum-infografista Nathalie Lees, someone who knows what makes for a good editorial infographic. Talking at the EDO’s infographic…