Crossplatform Journalism Week Six

Pictures have always been powerful

Pictures tell a story

Images are neutral, the reaction isn’t

A picture is worth 1000 words

The evolution of the picture

Graphics beyond the single image

Infographics

But the picture has... evolved?

Evolution or regression?

The Infographic

http://francis-moran.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/infographic_on_infographics.jpg

The Infographic

http://bit.ly/YsnsV7

Wikipedia can provide material

http://bit.ly/13Ctx6f

Wikipedia as a source of info

http://bit.ly/13CtEii

Simple facts via Wikipedia

Infographic

http://bit.ly/YSRzEG

Infographic close up

Remember

• Keep it simple– It’s too easy to

complicate diagrams– Provide links to

other material and references– Know what to omit– One fact to one

image– Consider mobile

Further reading...

– http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2010/4/27/10-tips-for-journalists-designing-infographics.html–http://visual.ly/what-makes-good-infographic–http://infogr.am–http://edudemic.com/2012/08/diy-infographics/–http://visual.ly–http://www.datajournalismblog.com/tag/infographic/–http://www.jprof.com/books/infographics/

infographics.html

Tasks for the week

• Take one story you’ve done in the past– What are the traditional visuals that would work

with it?– Can it work as an infographic? What would you put

in? What would you leave out?– Can it work as a single image or is there a single

image you could LOLcat to entice readers to the full story?