In today's post, I want to talk about the graphics with more than one part (as the ones uploaded before), but from another perspective.
On last post, I talked to you about the fact that graphics have to be structured from more important info
rmation to less important one in order to guide the viewer through the graphic and make him be interested since the beginning.
But, the fact is that we, as journalists, have to take care of the graphic we are going to use on our articles, because a very complete infographic can lead our text out of place. To explain my last sentence, I just will say that sometimes, if the graphic is co complete that represents all the information, the text becomes a redundant feature due to the fact that the graphic will be the first thing read, contrary to what we want, that is that our articles have be read!
We, as journalists, have to care about our work and have to make our texts attractive more than our graphics in the sense that if our graphics look more attractive than our texts, our texts won't be read!
An example of very complete infographic that maybe rests attractiveness to our texts is this one:
So, my advice is that no every graphic can be together with every article, and that always the infographic has to be a complement of the text and has never to contain the whole information that the text explains in order to be entropic or clarifying instead if redundant.
I hope you found t useful!
In my opinion, it's quite origin how you managed the total employment average and the EU employment rates, good job! The facts are presented very clearly and focussed. But i would it find more evident to change the colours in the first case and make the total EU population blue, otherwise it appears a little bit irritating. And i think it is not necessary respectively redundant to mention the terms of the different graphic types (like donut chart etc.).
ResponderEliminarI think your graphic gives a good overview about different aspects of unemployment. The segments are consistently arranged using different kind of charts. The legends give a clear reference to the colors and explains the connection. Obviously you are focused on Spain because you are pointing it out in red color. But this focus is not obvious in the other segments where you more concentrate on the average.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion it is necessary to give the percentage and rates in numbers additionally to the visual charts. Otherwise it is not very concrete and affords a high cognitive load to estimate the numbers. In the bar chart the hundred percent is for instance not obvious what makes it difficult to understand the relation.