The latest from @craigmcgill in the @mainjournalism cross platform journalism and content course at Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland

1. Crossplatform Journalism Week Six

2. Pictures have always been powerful

3. Pictures tell a story

4. Images are neutral, the reaction isn’t

6. A picture is worth 1000 words

7. The evolution of the picture

8. Graphics beyond the single image

10. Infographics

11. But the picture has... evolved?

12. Evolution or regression?

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

14. The Infographic
http://bit.ly/YsnsV7

15. Wikipedia can provide material
http://bit.ly/13Ctx6f

16. Wikipedia as a source of info
http://bit.ly/13CtEii

17. Simple facts via Wikipedia

18. Infographic
http://bit.ly/YSRzEG

19. Infographic close up

20. 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

21. Further reading...
– http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2010/4/27/10tips-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

22. 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?