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Copy editing V: Packaging information
• Review last week’s assignment• Look at sidebars, graphs,
infographics• Brainstorm sidebars for U-news
stories
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Visual elements help
readers Articles aren’t always
best format – too much grey type repels
The Chronicle Herald
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Visual elements
Use add-ons like sidebars, fact boxes and glances to help readers visualize key details
Add facts, figures and stats without interrupting story flow
The Chronicle Herald
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Visual elements Use key
numbers to communicate quickly and clearly
USA Today homepage features live count of US gov’t. shutdown cost
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Use graphs and charts to show evidence to reader, help them draw conclusions/comparisons
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Alternative story forms
“Alternative story forms seem to work best with fact-laden stories, providing a way to handle numbers, time, location and juxtaposition references in a simple, comparative way.”
• Poynter
Alternative story forms:
Q & A
Timeline
Fact box
By-the-numbers box
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Metro Halifax
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Main story: Why more guns
on Halifax streets
Sidebars:
1. What to do if you hear
gunfire
2. No. of seizures in HRM 2012 vs. 2011
3. Rate of gun incidents in Canadian
cities
4. Gun incident rates in
N.S. communitie
s
Source: Chronicle
Herald
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Sidebars
Explore another angle of story
Break out statistics
Show a timeline or background info
Explain a process
Round up key quotes
Show Twitter reaction
List highlights, tips, logistical details
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Class exercisesLook at news story and brainstorm possible
sidebars.
In groups, discuss U-news ideas and sidebar options.
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Charts and graphs
Use to illustrate social evolution,
statistical comparisons, track
trendsSource: Wall Street
Journal Graphics
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Maps
Illustrate where news happens – especially if no
other art
Use in stories dealing with
geography, land or infrastructure
development
Image: National Post
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InfographicsUSA Today cover from May
27, 2010
Illustrates BP oil spill “fix-it” strategy
Can’t photograph it
Text description lengthy and complicated
Graphic simplifies it
Source: http://newspaperdesign.ning
.com/group/graphics