Too often, that's the first recourse for dealing with a picture poor story, but it's also the weakest possible reason for using a graphic. Good graphics used well can be a terrific tool to enhance the viewers' understanding of a complicated issue.
Graphics can make relationships clear and illustrate scientific or economic information.
NewsLab offers the following suggestions for creating great graphics. If they help, please let us know . A graphic designed to convey basic facts should be simple and clear. To illustrate that fact that the air is unhealthy in some parts of your viewing area, you might want to use a map. A graphic designed to illustrate change or a process often benefits from animation.