Infographics can be cool too

I admit it, I'm a nerd. I kind of love infographics. As a journalism student, I hated trying to design and build a graphic in addition to writing a story before the hitting deadline. But as a media consumer, I love them. Generally, I think graphics, if created well, can be used to better explain news articles on any topic, feature stories, directions and, also if used correctly, just to be humorous.

Here are a few of my recent favorites:

{Some things are just confusing no matter how you diagram them.}

{via 1-3.datavis 4. nytimes}

No More Hildy

I sat in on a meeting yesterday about 'disruptive innovation' and the changing news media. It made me sad.

I understand that newspapers are fading, online journalism is exploding and my only choice is to adapt or be left behind, but it still makes me sad. I grew up thinking that all journalists were like Hildy Johnson in 'His Girl Friday,' brass, bold and dogged in the pursuit of stories.

I suppose they still are, let's hope that never changes, but story presentation certainly has.