The best examples of animated infographics.
Newspaper professionals are well aware that a single photo is often worth a thousand words. One image can say more than a strip of text. In online journalism, this principle is even more relevant, because here we can use not only static but also animated images, 3D, audio, video and a whole arsenal of computer tools.
One of the world's leading experts in the field of animated infographics Alberto Cairo (Alberto Cairo), is preparing to publish a textbook on visual journalism. Now the Spaniard has moved to the United States and teaches at the University of North Carolina, and some of the works of his students can be found on this page .
The exact definition of infographics is quite difficult to find because of its changeable nature. In principle, any combination of text and visual elements can be called infographics. Typical examples are the image of a map for transmitting geographic information, the use of charts for transmitting statistical data. These types of infographics can be seen in almost every newspaper. Good infographics can show invisible trends and dependencies. Huge amounts of information are compressed to the size of a small picture.
If we talk about the best examples of animated infographics in our time, then in the first place is the site of the newspaper New York Times due to absolutely wonderful means of animated statistics with the ability to customize. An interactive bottom chart is one example of how readers can play around with financial information.
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Even more professionally in the NY Times was information about shooting at the University of Virginia. Alberto Cairo calls this project (free reg.) The best that he has seen in life. We can not agree with him: everything looks just great.
An excellent school of information is stored in Spanish online media. On their pages you can often see detailed 3D-models of various objects.
The main thing is that readers really like the visual style of presenting information. For example, the infographics about the terrorist attacks in Spain in March 2004 was downloaded several million times only in the first days.
via Alberto Cairo Interview on OJR
One of the world's leading experts in the field of animated infographics Alberto Cairo (Alberto Cairo), is preparing to publish a textbook on visual journalism. Now the Spaniard has moved to the United States and teaches at the University of North Carolina, and some of the works of his students can be found on this page .
The exact definition of infographics is quite difficult to find because of its changeable nature. In principle, any combination of text and visual elements can be called infographics. Typical examples are the image of a map for transmitting geographic information, the use of charts for transmitting statistical data. These types of infographics can be seen in almost every newspaper. Good infographics can show invisible trends and dependencies. Huge amounts of information are compressed to the size of a small picture.
If we talk about the best examples of animated infographics in our time, then in the first place is the site of the newspaper New York Times due to absolutely wonderful means of animated statistics with the ability to customize. An interactive bottom chart is one example of how readers can play around with financial information.
')
Even more professionally in the NY Times was information about shooting at the University of Virginia. Alberto Cairo calls this project (free reg.) The best that he has seen in life. We can not agree with him: everything looks just great.
An excellent school of information is stored in Spanish online media. On their pages you can often see detailed 3D-models of various objects.
The main thing is that readers really like the visual style of presenting information. For example, the infographics about the terrorist attacks in Spain in March 2004 was downloaded several million times only in the first days.
via Alberto Cairo Interview on OJR
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/287440/
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