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Sketch: Dave Gray via Flickr
Photo: Matt Callow via Flickr
How Can it Help?
As journalists you take fragments of information and find ways to convey
complexity in an understandable form…
Photo: Matt Callow via Flickr
How Can it Help?
…visual thinking can help you become more effective at that process.
Photo: Lidal-K via Flickr
Dig through these?
Or Reference This?
Information all on one page, can easily be referenced & updated as you
go
Who here is sitting there thinking
“But I can’t draw?”
It’s not about
finished artwork
It’s about getting away from the linear flow of your word processor
Tools
Writing Method
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Source: Marks & Meaning (V.0) by Dave Gray
Visual Method
ARTIFACTS MODEL REFINE DISPLAY
Inspired by: Marks & Meaning (V.0) by Dave Gray | Sketch: carey.chiaia | Illustration: Dougbelshaw
ARTIFACTS MODEL REFINE DISPLAY
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The process is actually quite similar – and in the early stages there’s no reason you can’t start at one and
move to the other.
A Visual “Alphabet”
The basic elements of the visual alphabet are really quite simple.
Simplify
But you can create almost anything with them.
Create Artifacts
Post-its, Index cards, paper. Make physical artifacts that you can see,
touch and reference
Get Physical
Get up, move around, shuffle the artifacts to see what happens
See the whole picture
Lay everything out where you can see it, physically move yourself to view it
from different angles. What structures or relationships can you see now?
Methods
MindMapping
Maps
Sketch: Kevin Steinhardt
A map can very quickly convey the necessary information. Writing the same notion out could take many,
many words words
Timeline
Sketch: Chance Projects
Give your notes context and a timeframe, show how the events
relate and effect each other.
Comparison Table
Sketch: Doug Belshaw
Quickly summarize the differences between two or more things. Can be
referenced very quickly
Clustering
Discover patterns and relationships in your artifacts. Move them into
clusters or categories based on their common ties
Models / Systems
How do elements related to each other?
Delivery / Publishing
Photo: divinemissn
Watch for opportunities to tell your stories with visuals that complement
your text
My Own Process
List / Artifacts
Outline / Model
Draft / Refining
Publish / Delivery
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Questions?
Thanks for your time!I’ll post slides & links to resources at:
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Ryan Coleman http://ryancoleman.caTwitter: @ryancoleman
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