The Sun-Sentinel and the Plain Dealer have launched information graphics blogs on their respective sites. Given the level of fine work by their graphics staffs, they are well worth bookmarking.
“The idea is to share information with readers that would normally be unused research,” Sun-Sentinel graphics editor Len DeGroot posted on the NAO boards. “We want to give them stuff they can use in their daily lives — with a visual approach. Some days, the images may be static, on others we will use interactive to explain, entertain, etc. But we want it to glide effortlessly between serious, fun and possibly even goofy.”
The S-S blog is an extension of their popular News Illustrated franchise and like others on the site it needs to get a certain amount of traffic to stay up.
PD assistant graphics editor William Neff has a different motive in launching the Plain Dealer Graphics Blog.
“At the moment it mainly serves as an in-house FTP site where other online editors can go and get posted graphics to build into their presentations,” Neff said. “However, I’ve got high hopes for the thing. I would like it to be a forum for the Plain Dealer to participate in the overall online graphics discussion.”
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