Tip Sheets: Visual Journalism (2000-2010)

Tip Sheet Archive

NPPA: The Best of Television Photojournalism 2010
Poynter Online, Mar. 5, 2010
What Byron Pitts Learned in Haiti:
‘We Are Tough and Delicate Creatures’
Kenny Irby, Jan. 29, 2010
Herald Photographer Brings Compassion,
History to Haiti Earthquake Coverage
Kenny Irby, Jan. 14, 2010
St. Petersburg Times Photojournalist
Uses iPhone for Weekend Magazine Feature
Al Tompkins, Jul. 10, 2009
(Includes link to archived chat)
Archived Chat: Dallas Morning News Captures
Award-Winning Photos from the ‘Edge of Life’
Kenny Irby and Sonya Hebert, Apr. 24, 2009

A Visual Thinker Illustrates the Economy and Other Complicated Subjects
Sara Quinn, Oct. 14, 2008
Redesigned Newspapers Launch in Three Cities
Sara Quinn, Sep. 29, 2008
Well-Known Designer Comments, Teaches and Inspires Online
Sara Quinn, Sep. 18, 2008
A New Generation of Visual Thinkers, Going Where Journalism Takes Them
Sara Quinn, Sep. 4, 2008
NYT Columnist Uses Visual Evidence to Support Persuasive Arguments
Sara Quinn, August 27, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune fine-tunes a new story form
Sara Quinn, August 17, 2008
A Year Later, “13 Seconds in August” Commemorates Bridge Collapse
Sara Quinn, July 31, 2008
Visual Coverage Captures Emotion, Devastation of Iowa Floods
Mallary Jean Tenore, June 16, 2008
USA Today Interactive Feature Draws High, Sustained Traffic
Sara Quinn, June 11, 2008
Telling Campaign Stories with Interactivity, Ingenuity
Mallary Jean Tenore, June 11, 2008
Society for News Design’s Workshop Wrap-up
Bill Kirtz, Oct. 16, 2007
Alternative Story Forms Are Effective
Sara Quinn, Sep. 10, 2007
Book Excerpt: The EyeTrack Prototypes in Detail
Pegie Stark Adam, Sara Quinn and Rick Edmonds, Sep. 10, 2007
EyeTrack07: The Myth of Short Attention Spans
Rick Edmonds, March 28, 2007

Looking Back at EyeTrack:
Poynter’s History of Studying Reader Habits
Sara Quinn, March 16, 2007
EyeTrack07
Poynter Institute, March 2007
An Inside Look at SND’s 28th Annual News Design Awards
Jeremy Gilbert, March 14, 2007

Bringing Big Changes to a Little Place Called Pocatello
Jeremy Gilbert, Feb. 16, 2007

Remembering the Father of Modern Newspaper Design
Jeremy Gilbert, Feb. 8, 2007
Muted Change at the WSJ
Jeremy Gilbert, Jan. 3, 2007
Taking a Design Risk On A1 To Protect Readers
Jeremy Gilbert, Dec. 20, 2006
Don’t Fear Deep Graphics
Jeremy Gilbert, Nov. 17, 2006
Presenting Tuesday’s News: Lessons from ’94
Jeremy Gilbert, Nov. 6, 2006

The New NYTimes.com: Simple = Smart
Anne Van Wagener, April 10, 2006
Innovation Through Design Thinking
Anne Van Wagener, March 17, 2006
Stock Photos: A Cheap and Royalty-Free Disaster Plan
Anne Van Wagener, March 3, 2006
Looking Good & Getting it Right:
SND Develops an Ethics Code
Anne Van Wagener, Feb. 25, 2006
Watch Out, Broadsheet:
Tabloid Power is Gonna Get Your Mama
Roy Peter Clark, Feb. 19, 2006
Blogs by Design
Anne Van Wagener, Feb. 17, 2006
Wanted: Articulate, Creative Thinkers with Design Mojo
Anne Van Wagener, Feb. 2, 2006
News University: Typography for News Design
Instructor: Sara Quinn, 2006
Knowing Your Audience: Lessons from Olympic Imagery
Anne Van Wagener, Jan. 23, 2006
News University: Typography for News Design
Instructor: Sara Quinn, 2006
Design Desk 2005
Anne Van Wagener, Dec. 15, 2005
VisEds.com: Sustaining the Conversation Online
Anne Van Wagener, November 4, 2005
Remaking the Redesign
Anne Van Wagener, October 21, 2005
One Image, One Word
Anne Van Wagener, September 2, 2005
Covering Hurricanes (Various Subjects and Authors)
Collection of articles begins in September 2005
Is the Web a Tab?
Anne Van Wagener, May 26, 2005
Single Document Publishing
Anne Van Wagener, May 2, 2005
The Stealth Editor
Anne Van Wagener, April 15, 2005
The Pope in Print
Anne Van Wagener, April 9, 2005
Debunking Myths
Anne Van Wagener, March 15, 2005
The Next Big Thing in Online Type
Anne Van Wagener, March 4, 2005
In Search Of: The Best Online Reading Experience
Sara Quinn, March 4, 2005
Surfing the Web for Design Lessons
Anne Van Wagener, January 31, 2005
Today’s Headline Styles
Anne Van Wagener, January 18, 2005
Good Design = Informing Citizens
Anne Van Wagener, December 14, 2004
In Praise of Limits
Anne Van Wagener, December 3, 2004
The Art of Framing Content
Anne Van Wagener, November 19, 2004
The News in Two Sittings
Anne Van Wagener, November 12, 2004
In Praise of Gimmicks
Anne Van Wagener, November 3, 2004
Election Night Graphics
Anne Van Wagener, October 25, 2004
Editorial Cartoonists on Campaign Coverage
Sara Quinn, October 29, 2004
The Legacy of Eddie Adams
Anne Van Wagener, September 24, 2004
The Need for Speed
Anne Van Wagener, September 20, 2004
Eyetrack III and You
Anne Van Wagener, September 13, 2004
Eyetrack III
September 7, 2004
Steve Outing and Laura Ruel, project managers
A New Star?
Anne Van Wagener, August 27, 2004
‘Tis the Season
Anne Van Wagener, August 6, 2004
Story Generator
Anne Van Wagener, July 12, 2004
The Magic of Sketching
Anne Van Wagener, June 28, 2004
Flash Buzz
Anne Van Wagener, May 28, 2004
Multimedia Storytelling: A Roadmap
Anne Van Wagener, May 21, 2004
Type: Mood and Personality
Anne Van Wagener, May 14, 2004
It’s a Great Image. Now What?
Anne Van Wagener, May 10, 2004
Effective Online Stories
Anne Van Wagener, April 2, 2004
NPPA Web Awards
Anne Van Wagener, March 26, 2004
A Personal Journey — and Hint of Revolution — in Moscow
Mario Garcia, March 17, 2004
What Editors Need to Know
Anne Van Wagener, March 12, 2004
In Defense of Decoration
Anne Van Wagener, February 27, 2004
Blog Design
Anne Van Wagener, February 20, 2004
Color Forecasting
Anne Van Wagener, February 13, 2004
The Vision of George Rorick
Sara Quinn, February 11, 2004
Designing Across Cultures
Anne Van Wagener, January 30, 2004
The Story Behind the Society for News Design
Sara Quinn, January 23, 2004
How One Editor Resolved USA WEEKEND Dilemma
Kenneth Irby, January 16, 2004
The Practice of Creativity
Anne Van Wagener, January 10, 2004
Visual Planning for Campaign 2004
Sara Quinn, December 24, 2003
Information NOT Decoration
Anne Van Wagener, December 5, 2003
Yes, But Where’s the Nut Graf?
Robin Sloan, November 19, 2003
A Good Fit (Grid Tip Sheet )
Anne Van Wagener, November 14, 2003
Prescribing Visual Clarity
Sara Quinn, October 30, 2003
Elements of Typography
Anne Van Wagener, October 15, 2003
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Roy Peter Clark, October 6, 2003
Suspended Photographer on Lessons Learned
Kenny Irby, September 26, 2003
Garcia: Redesigns Involve More than Cojones
Mario Garcia, September 23, 2003
The Herald’s Extreme Makeover
Bob Andelman, September 19, 2003
Anatomy of a Redesign: The Appeal of a Community Paper
Anne Van Wagener, September 12, 2003
Cartoons Matter
Howard Finberg, August 28, 2003
The Blackout
Anne Van Wagener, August 14, 2003
Expecting a Miracle?
Anne Van Wagener, August 8, 2003
The Value of the Silhouette
Anne Van Wagener, July 31, 2003
Learning from Graphic Images
Anne Van Wagener, July 25, 2003
Center of Visual Impact
Anne Van Wagener, July 3, 2003
Understanding Color
Anne Van Wagener, June 20, 2003
The Grid: The Structure of Design
Anne Van Wagener, June 13, 2003
Why Designers Matter
Roy Peter Clark, May 22, 2003
Small Steps
Anne Van Wagener, April 21, 2003
Plan, Execute, Evaluate
Anne Van Wagener, April 3, 2003
What it Takes to Get a Graphics Editor
George Rorick, March 27, 2003
Iraq Coverage Resources
Various Authors, February 24, 2003
Developing a Color Palette
Anne Van Wagener, February 14, 2003
Graphics Need an Editor, Too
George Rorick, October 31, 2002
Why Usability Matters
Monica L Moses, August 12, 2002
Why Design Matters
George Rorick, June 26, 2002
Behind the Redesign: Wall Street Journal
Pegie Stark Adam, May 6, 2002
Behind the Redesign: Washington Post
Pegie Stark Adam, May 6, 2002
September 12, 2001 Front Pages
Poynter Online
September 11, 2001 Front Pages
Poynter Online
Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
Pegie Stark Adam and Anne Van Wagener, August 6, 2001
Principles of Collaborative Story Planning
Monica Moses, February 19, 2001
Stanford-Poynter EyeTrac Project
Andrew DeVigal, May 2000
How W.E.D. Works
Pegie Stark Adam, July 10, 2000
Tips on Making Great TV Graphics
Al Tompkins, May 24, 2000
The Making of a Great Graphic Headline
Monica Moses, May 15, 2000
Diversifying Illustrations: Some Points to Keep in Mind
Kenneth Harrison, April 27, 2000
Guidelines for Coaching Your Newspaper’s Designers
Ron Reason, April 4, 2000