Infographics
Subtitle: a journalist's guide
By: James Glen Stovall.
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Newspapers -- Illustrations.; Charts, diagrams, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: vii; title: Beyond the paragraph
pagenum: 1
label: Chapter 1; label: Beyond the words
title: 4; label: The graphics revolution
title: 4; label: Deadlines and the graphic journalist
title: 7; label: The development of infographics
title: 9; label: Developing an award-winning graphic
title: 13; label: Disadvantages of graphics
title: 14; label: Do graphics help the reader?
title: 15; title: Principles of graphic presentation
pagenum: 19
label: Chapter 2; label: Design principles
title: 20; label: Conventions of graphics
title: 26; label: The good graphic: tips from the pros
title: 30; label: Toward the good graphic
title: 31; label: Categorizing infographics
title: 33; title: Chart-based graphics
pagenum: 35
label: Chapter 3; label: Representing numerical data
title: 36; label: Elements in a chart
title: 37; label: Bar charts
title: 41; label: Column charts
title: 47; label: Line charts
title: 50; label: The tyranny of the alphabet
title: 55; label: Pie charts
title: 56; title: Maps
pagenum: 61
label: Chapter 4; label: The modern map
title: 63; label: Locator maps
title: 65; label: Developing a map file
title: 69; label: Explanatory maps
title: 75; label: Getting creative
title: 77; title: Charts without numbers
pagenum: 79
label: Chapter 5; label: Process charts
title: 80; label: Structure charts
title: 82; label: Time charts
title: 87; label: Building charts
title: 90; title: Type-based charts
pagenum: 93
label: Chapter 6; label: Development of type
title: 93; label: Anatomy of type
title: 98; label: Type on the page
title: 100; label: Using type
title: 102; label: Type as a graphic device
title: 106; label: Attention-getting type
title: 114; title: Illustration-based graphics
pagenum: 117
label: Chapter 7; label: Purpose of illustration-based graphics
title: 120; label: Creating illustrations
title: 127; label: Profile of a newspaper illustrator
title: 129; label: Copyright: swiping ideas without breaking the law
title: 131; label: Legal and ethical considerations
title: 132; title: Errors and inaccuracy
pagenum: 137
label: Chapter 8; label: Sources of error
title: 140; label: Common practices
title: 145; label: Avoiding error
title: 152; title: Making graphics work
pagenum: 153
label: Chapter 9; label: A general approach to developing graphics
title: 154; label: Developing graphics
title: 155; label: But my newspaper is too small to have a graphics department
title: 156; label: Tips for the small newspaper that wants to get into graphics
title: 157; label: Procedures
title: 161; label: Principles
title: 162; label: Glossary
title: 163; label: Index
title: 173