A Practical Guide to Graphics Reporting

CHAPTER NINE

Diagrams & Illustrative Graphics

Often the most complex and illustration-driven types of information graphics, diagrammatical graphics combine substantial amounts of textual information with detailed illustrations to dissect the important parts of objects or chronicle a chain of events. Diagrams require strong textual and visual reference materials, and graphics reporters may spend a good deal of time away from their desks conducting research for these types of storytelling devices. And, because they are generally illustration-driven, diagrams often require a bit more artistic ability on the part of the graphics reporter than other types of graphics. All in all, diagrams provide journalists with an opportunity to take the audience ...