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Twitter research shows how multimedia increases engagement

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:14:39 +0000

To update an old saying for the Twitter era: A picture is worth a thousand characters.

Research by Twitter shows that tweets that include a photo or video receive 3 to 4 times more engagement (retweets, replies, etc.) than those … Read more

Use of generic photos can be dangerous for illustrating news stories

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:23:30 +0000

Maybe you have a Web CMS that requires an image to be associated with some stories. Maybe you just need some kind of image, any image, to color an otherwise gray slate of text.

Whatever the reason, many news websites … Read more

In matchup between NY, New England, no clear winner for Super Bowl front pages

Julie Moos — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:34:58 +0000

Monday morning quarterbacks will have little to debate about the New York Giants’ victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl. (And for those who don’t care, here are all of the Super Bowl XLVI commercials, in order … Read more

Architecture student creates jigsaw puzzle to illustrate Chicago’s confusing ward lines

Steve Myers — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:30:56 +0000

AndrewBayley.net | Irresponsible Architecture

Architecture student Andrew Bayley came up with an illustration of Chicago’s confusing political districts that any graphic artist or political journalist would be proud of: a jigsaw puzzle, with one piece for each of the city’s … Read more

Pennsylvania’s front pages pay tribute to Joe Paterno

Julie Moos — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:56:38 +0000

Front pages in Pennsylvania featured Joe Paterno on Monday, with dominant photos and tributes to the former Penn State coach who died over the weekend. Several of the papers played on the Nittany Lions team name, with headlines such as … Read more

New Time magazine cover mirrors previous Romney coverage

Julie Moos — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:36:54 +0000

The latest issue of Time magazine, hitting newsstands today, echoes an earlier Mitt Romney cover to revisit ongoing questions about the candidate’s popularity.

“If this week’s cover feels a little familiar, there’s good reason for that,” writes managing editor Rick … Read more

Graphic designers mourn passing of NYT’s Louis Silverstein

Steve Myers — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:37:30 +0000

Society for News Design | Imprint | The New York Times
In a 2004 essay (which SND republished Friday) Phil Ritzenberg wrote that former New York Times art director Louis Silverstein, who died Thursday, “helped pave the way for newspaper … Read more

People are tired of bad infographics, so make good ones

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:45:39 +0000

Smashing Magazine | Gizmodo | How Interactive Design
The Internet fell in love with giant infographics for a while, but now a backlash is building. Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo pleads with us all to “Stop Already With [Freaking] Infographics… Read more

iHeaven? Try iBuddhist; editorial cartoonists imagine Christian afterlife for Steve Jobs

Steve Myers — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:20:21 +0000

The Cagle Post | ABC News
Daryl Cagle writes that all those cartoons portraying Steve Jobs in heaven are ironic, considering he was influenced so much by Buddhism: “We often see editorial cartoonists imposing Christian imagery on non-Christians when … Read more

Idaho newspaper publishes prominent fact-check of senator’s press release

Steve Myers — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:41:29 +0000

The Visual Side of Journalism
The Times-News of Twin Falls, Idaho ran a full-page illustration on its Sunday opinion section front that fact-checked, point-by-point, a press release from Republican Senator Mike Crapo.

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