Using examples of compelling visual & interactive techniques in print & online, Sara Quinn offers tips on concept, craft and collaboration.
Artist Marina Luz faced a journalistic challenge.
She had to illustrate the story of a young woman named “Jennifer,” who had been sexually abused in a state-run facility. But she could not use an image of Jennifer. What’s more, she … Read more
When veteran newspaper artist and designer Charles Apple worked at the (Raleigh) News & Observer in the 1990’s, he and his colleagues had an ongoing discussion about how they viewed their own jobs.
As they drew up the artwork, maps … Read more
Fifty milliseconds. That’s how quickly visitors can form strong, long-lasting impressions about your news or information website. But they aren’t sizing up the quality of your content or the sophistication of your code. They’re making nearly instantaneous, mostly subconscious judgments … Read more
Three years after Apple and others put digital tablets firmly into the hands of consumers, what do we really know about the way the devices are used for news?
Hundreds of people filed in to a large ballroom at South … Read more
Kapow! Blam! Surprise! Sometimes, that’s what nothing can do.
The New York Times sports staff reminded us of that again with their cover “story” about this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame inductees — or lack, thereof.
I am writing this from Kathmandu, Nepal, where I’m currently reporting on human trafficking using graphic journalism. I chose Nepal because visuals have huge potential here to reach at-risk communities with low literacy levels. Using comics to adapt survivor testimonies into a … Read more
With the click of a shutter, in a dimly illuminated New York City subway tunnel, on the evening of December 3, it happened again.
Actually, it was more like several clicks of the shutter, and the “it” was another tragic … Read more
Poynter’s most recent Eyetrack study reveals some interesting findings about how readers consume news on tablet devices. During a live chat, Poynter’s Sara Quinn and Northwestern University’s Jeremy Gilbert talked about the findings and their implications for journalists.
Here are … Read more
As journalists reported on Gen. David Petraeus’ resignation from the CIA, photos spread over the weekend of the women involved.
Petraeus resigned after the FBI learned he had an affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. The affair came to … Read more
Images and graphics are often the things shared most by people after an event of last night’s magnitude.
Photos capture moments frozen in time.
Graphics can distill the complex.
Interactive graphics can allow people to peruse and discover at their … Read more