A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting

CHAPTERONE

Mastering the Art of Visual Storytelling

 

As a visual journalist who also really enjoys writing, I have often said thatinformation graphics reporting provides the best of both worlds. At once a“word” person and a “design” junkie, I have always been fascinated by thenotion that the combination of words and visuals within a story package havean extreme impact on catching a reader’s attention, keeping it and even ensur-ing that he or she retains the information much longer than when a story is provided in the form of words alone. Information graphics generally stimulatemore brainpower because they appeal to both the literal and visual regions ofthe brain. Information graphics can tell stories with a degree of detail that isoften otherwise ...