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June Multimedia Institute: What you’ll take away
The June 10-21 Multimedia Institute is an intensive multi-platform training program designed to equip journalists, educators and other professionals with skills in visual storytelling, data visualization and social media.
LIVE Storify: Complexity & Context Data Journalism Symposium
Journalists, technologists and civic leaders talk trends and implications for the future of data journalism.
Q&A with Alberto Cairo: Exploring the art and ethics of infographics
Alberto Cairo on the art of infographics and the ethical dilemmas that come with the field of data visualization.
Free Online Training Series in Data Journalism
We are bringing world class digital training straight to you. And, yep, it’s FREE.
Unleash your inner data geek
Join our spring Visualizing Data Workshop Series.
Data visualization workshop take-aways
Examples of interactive charts and maps - take-aways from the Data Visualization workshop in January 2013.
Data Visualization for Storytellers
Some of the most compelling information about our world can be found in data. But just because you shape those numbers into a graph doesn't make it a story.
Beyond Infographics: 12 Ways to Visualize Data
Guest blogger Patrick Winfield looks beyond the basic pie charts and infographics to explore other techniques and tools that can help visualize data.
Information is Beautiful Awards Celebrates Data Viz Experts
Data is beautiful. Skeptical? Check out the finalists for the first Information is Beautiful Awards.
KDMC Alumnus Patrick Doyle wins the Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism.
KDMC Alumnus Patrick Doyle wins the Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism.
KDMC Alumna Launches Online Tech Magazine.
KDMC Fellow Launches Online Tech Magazine.
Better timelines through editing
Tough editing makes TimelineSetter interactive timelines more effective.
Web Design Principles Slideshow
As part of the May Multimedia Workshop, KDMC webmaster Scot Hacker presented a talk on web design principles. His slides from the talk are available below. This presentation is an overview of general web design principles for journalists, including best practices in layout, typography, color selection, and more
Design Notes from the NY Times
The NY Times has posted an interesting interview with Design Director Khoi Vinh, who discusses some of the more obscure/hidden aspects of the Gray Lady's online presence. One of the things that's always struck me about nytimes.com is its choice of a large-ish, serif'd font - something about that choice has always seemed a bit anachronistic ...
What has art got to do with it?
Can an art exhibition in New York help news organizations adapt to a 21st Century audience?
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