Steve Myers
Aug. 31, 2011
11:11 am
Forbes
Wilson Andrews, The Washington Post's information designer, discusses his data visualizations and the progress of the field in a Forbes interview. "The kinds of graphics that are now being done, especially online, are on another level than what was being produced several years ago," he says. "Long form journalism is just as important as it ever was, but often long form pieces are greatly enhanced by smart and clear data visualization." He says that he starts with the simplest possible design, only adding movement and interactive elements if they will help people understand the information. Examples of his work are in the interview.
Related: WNYC's John Keefe
finished up his New York evacuation map as he rode the subway to work last week.
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Steve Myers
Aug. 3, 2011
10:06 am
Pentagram
The design firm Pentagram notes that the documentary "Page One" features its work -- some of the 800 or so unusual signs that mark everything from conference rooms to bathrooms at The New York Times. In order to "reinforce the unique Times culture through as many details as possible ... every public room sign bears a different image culled from the paper’s immense photographic archive." Designers and Times archivists picked historic images, "and the designers selected images that wittily correlate to the function of each room."
The full post has plenty of clever pairings of room functions and images, such as this:
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- Pentagram designers worked with Times archivists to select images that matched the function of rooms in the Times building. Pentagram also designed the sign on the Times building's Eighth Avenue facade.
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Joe Grimm
June 14, 2011
12:01 am
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Michelle Minkoff
June 3, 2011
12:01 am
A lot of data visualization requires the technical expertise of a programmer and skills that take time and resources to develop.
A rise in free tools, however, has made it easier to make interactive graphs in charts, whether you’re a … Read more
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Whitney Mathews
Apr. 18, 2011
12:01 am
As an online editor at the Lawrence Journal World, part of my job is to constantly expand and adjust my skill set. I’m always looking for new tricks or technologies to learn and use in our news coverage. Until … Read more
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Chrys Wu
Apr. 14, 2011
12:01 am
Online journalists are well aware of how important data can be to stories. But how do we give visual context to raw information without an army of developers at our disposal?
If the data has been normalized and saved as … Read more
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Sara Dickenson Quinn
Mar. 8, 2011
3:31 pm
I expected something a little edgier when I reached for the cover of the redesigned Newsweek on Monday. After all, the revamp came after the content merger with the magazine’s highly opinionated partner, The Daily Beast.
The Newsweek cover had … Read more
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Whitney Mathews
Feb. 24, 2011
12:05 am
Some stories can be tough to visualize and make interactive on the Web. Many times, they involve boring data sets that are difficult to read, or aren’t visually stimulating enough for video or photos.
Here are a few fun, free … Read more
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Damon Kiesow
Sep. 9, 2010
8:32 am
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Damon Kiesow
Aug. 18, 2010
7:30 am
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