I recently put together this illustration: It’s a promotional graphic for a project analyzing data on the graduation and career paths of PhD students. That sentence, plus the name of the project, was essentially the entire project brief, so I had a fair amount of room for getting creative. Of course, there’s always the option… Continue reading Project Review: Illustrating Data Analysis
Project Review: The Common Wind
I’ve decided to try something new on this blog. Every so often, I’ll take a look back at a project I worked on. I do this not to show off the piece, but rather because I find it helpful to lay out my thinking process and dissect what I think went well and what could… Continue reading Project Review: The Common Wind
Alexa, What’s A Narrative That Never Goes Out of Fashion?
Businessweek published a big cover story about “eavesdropping” smart speakers last week, complete with a WTF video illustration. I thought the story seemed kind of familiar, so I went digging through some newspaper archives, and sure enough: Here’s the 2012 edition of the story: And 2005: 2004: 1998: 1993: 1991: 1990: And finally, 1964, with… Continue reading Alexa, What’s A Narrative That Never Goes Out of Fashion?
10 Steps to Writing A New York Times Culture Piece on New Publishing Mediums
Congratulations on being assigned to write a piece for the New York Times on the newest fad in publishing mediums (OK, it’s been around for at least a decade but we at the Times just started using it in the last year or two) that is (ugh) open to everyone. It seems like you can’t… Continue reading 10 Steps to Writing A New York Times Culture Piece on New Publishing Mediums
What Local News Can Do with Reader Location
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism has been experimenting with innovative local news products, and recently, it asked the following question: If we knew where you lived and worked, how might we serve you better with local news and information? That’s a great question, and the Lenfest piece above offered some ideas it has been playing… Continue reading What Local News Can Do with Reader Location