A few months ago we challenged designers to illustrate our report examining how tablet computers are changing the news business. Congratulations to our three winners, whose infographics are published on the visual.ly blog.
Information is Beautiful has shared the finalists for their inaugural awards which honor data visualization and infographics.
Finalists will be reviewed by a panel of judges, including Brian Eno and Paola Antonell, MoMa curator, and winners will be announced September 27, 2012.
See all the entries by finalists, broken down by category:
» Data visualization – A singular visualisation of data or information.
» Infographic – Using multiple data visualisations in service to a theme or story
» Interactive visualization – Any viz where you can dynamically filter or explore the data.
» Data journalism – A combination of text and visualizations in a journalistic format.
» Motion infographic – Moving and animated visualizations along a theme or story.
» Tool or website – Online tools & apps to aid datavizzing.
Visual Storytelling on Steroids
This is one slide from an incredible example of how graphic journalists are mashing up audio, photography and illustration to tell complex and in-depth stories.
This piece from Luke Radl focuses on the NATO protests in Chicago last month. Matt Bors of Cartoon Movement notes in an email that this may be the first cartoon in which all the text is in HTML, therefore search engine friendly.
Click through the entire piece, listen to the audio and check out the photos here: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/icomic/38
P.S. For more great graphics journalism see Susie Cagle’s Tumblr.
This is amazing.
What Journalists Can Learn From: Webcomics
Looking for ways to rethink your web design? Maybe you should take a tip from the publishers of web comics. As Latoya Peterson points out, “Webcomics sites blend styles, incorporating the most recent work, comments and social media all in one central location.”
Check out the full list of helpful things that journalists can learn from webcomics.
Interested in learning more about the intersection between comics and journalism? Our upcoming ONAvation webinar with Erin Polgreen of Symbolia Magazine is a perfect place to start. She’ll show you how visual journalism can generate web traffic and provide a engaging entry point into complex stories. Sign up here.
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